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CHARTER 


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CITY OF NEW HAVEN 


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CHARTER 


City of New Haven, Conn. 


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SPECIAL ACTS 


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AN ACT 


REVISING THE 


CHARTER OF THE CITY OF. NEW HAVEN, 


PASSED JANUARY SESSION, 1899. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 
General Assembly convened : 


Srotion 1. The territorial limits of the corporation of the city 
of New Haven shall hereafter be the same as those that were the 
territorial limits of the town of New Haven prior to December 7, 
1897, and the boundaries of the said town shall hereafter be the 
boundaries of said city. 

The jurisdiction of said city of New Haven over that portion 
of the town of Orange, and that portion of the town of New 
Haven east of the boundary line between the town and the city of 
New Haven as it existed prior to December 7, 1897, between the 
town and city of New Haven, shall be for police and sanitary 
purposes only. 

Sec. 2. All electors of this state, dwelling within said limits, 
are hereby declared to be, and shall forever continue to be, a body 
politic and corporate, in fact and name, by the name of the City of 
New Haven, and by that name they and their successors shall have 
perpetual succession, and shall be a person in law, capable of suing 


.» and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, in all suits of what 
* nature soever, and also of purchasing, holding, and conveying any 
“Nestate, real and personal; and may have a common seal, and may 


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change and alter the same at pleasure; and shall be and remain 
absolutely vested with the title to and improvement of all the city 
lands, tenements, hereditaments, rights, and estates whatsoever, 
which, since the original incorporation of said city, have become 
vested in said city, and whereof said city has never been lawfully 
divested hitherto. 
Src. 38. Said city is hereby divided into fifteen wards, as follows : 
So much of said city as is included within a boundary line com- 
mencing at the point of intersection of the central lines of State 
nd George streets, and thence continuing northerly through the 
“eenter of State street to the center of Grove street, thence westerly 


» through the center of Grove street to the center of York street, 


thence southerly through the center of York street to the center 
of George street, and thence easterly through the center of George 
street to the point of beginning, shall constitute the first ward. 

So much of said city as is included within a boundary line com- 
mencing at the point of intersection of the central lines of Chapel 
and York streets, and thence continuing westerly through the 
center of Chapel street to the city limit, thence following the city 
limit in a southerly direction to the center of Congress avenue, 


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thence northeasterly through the center of Congress avenue to the 
center of Davenport avenue, thence northeasterly through the 
center of Davenport avenue to the center of York street, and 
thence northerly through the center of York street to the point of 
beginning, shall constitute the second ward. 

So much of said city as is included within a boundary line com- 
mencing at the point of intersection of the central lines of George 
and York streets, and thence continuing southerly through the 
center of York street to the center of Davenport avenue, thence 
southwesterly through the center of Davenport avenue to the 
center of Congress avenue, thence through the center of Congress 
avenue to the city limit, thence following the city limit in a south- 
erly direction to the center of Washington street, thence north- 
easterly through the center of Washington street to the center of 
Congress avenue, thence northeasterly through the center of 
Congress avenue to the center of George street, and thence north- 
westerly through the center of George street to the point of begin- 
ning, shall constitute the third ward. 

So much of said city as is included within a boundary line com- 
mencing at the point of intersection of the central lines of Meadow 
street and Congress avenue, and thence continuing southwesterly 
through the center of Congress avenue to the center of Washing- 
ton street, thence southwesterly through the center of Washington 
street to the city limit, thence southeasterly and northeasterly by 
the city limit to a point where said city limit is intersected by the 
central line of the Meadow street outlet sewer, continued in a 
straight line, thence northwesterly by the said line of said sewer to 
the center of Union avenue, and thence northerly through the cen- 
ter of Meadow street to the point of beginning, shall constitute the 
fourth ward. 

So much of said city as is included within a boundary line com- 
mencing at the point of intersection of the central lines of Chapel 
and State streets, and thence continuing southwesterly through the 
center of State street to the point of intersection of the central 
lines of State and George streets, thence northwesterly through the 
center of George street to the point of intersection with the central 
line of Meadow street, thence southerly through the center of 
Meadow street to the center of Union avenue, thence southeasterly 
by the central line of the Meadow street sewer, continued in a 
straight line to the city limit, thence northeasterly by the city limit 
to Tomlinson’s bridge, thence easterly and northerly through the 
center of the channel of Mill river to a point on the Chapel street 
bridge in the central line of Chapel street, and thence westerly 
through the center of said Chapel street bridge and Chapel street 
to the point of beginning, shall constitute the fifth ward. 

So much of said city as is included within a boundary line com- 
mencing at the point of intersection of the central lines of Chapel 
and State streets, and thence continuing easterly through the cen- 
ter of Chapel street and Chapel street bridge to the center of the 
westerly channel of Mill river, thence northerly through the center 
of said channel of said river to a point on Barnesville bridge in a 


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central line of Grand avenue, thence westerly through the center 
of Barnesville bridge and Grand avenue to the center of State 
street, and thence southwesterly through the center of State street 
to the point of beginning, shall constitute the sixth ward. 

So much of said city as is included within a boundary line com- 
mencing at the point of intersection of the central lines of State 
street and Grand avenue, and thence continuing easterly through 
the center of Grand avenue and Barnesville bridge to the center of 
the westerly channel of Mill river, thence northerly through the 
center of said channel of Mill river to a point on Neck bridge in 
the central line of State street, and thence westerly and south- 
westerly through the center of Neck bridge and State street to the 
point of beginning, shall constitute the seventh ward. 

So much of said city as is included within a boundary line com- 
mencing at the point of intersection of the central lines of Grove 
and State streets, and thence continuing northeasterly and easterly 
through the center of State street to the channel of Mill river, 
thence northerly, following the center of the channel of Mill river, 
to the city limit, thence northwesterly by the city limit to the cen- 
ter of Whitney avenue, thence southwesterly through the center of 
Whitney avenue to the point of intersection of the central lines of 
Whitney avenue and Temple street, thence southwesterly through 
the center of Temple street to the center of Grove street, and 
thence southeasterly through the center of Grove street to the 
point of beginning, shall constitute the eighth ward. 

So much of said city as is included within a boundary line com- 
mencing at the point of intersection of the central lines of Grove 
and Temple streets, and thence continuing northeasterly through 
the center of Temple street to the point of intersection of the cen- 
tral lines of Temple street and ‘Whitney avenue, thence north- 
easterly through the center of Whitney avenue to the city limit, 
thence westerly, southerly, and westerly by the city limit to the 
center of Crescent street, thence southerly through the center of 
Crescent street to the center of Goffe street, thence southeasterly 
through the center of Goffe street to the point of intersection of 
the central lines of Goffe street and Broadway, thence southeasterly 
through the center of Broadway to the center of York street, 
thence northerly through the center of York street to the center of 
Grove street, and thence easterly through the center of Grove 
street to the point of beginning, shall constitute the ninth ward. 

So much of said city as is included within a boundary line com- 
mencing at the point of intersection of the central lines of York 
street and Broadway, and thence continuing northwesterly through 
the center of Broadway to the point of intersection of the central 
lines of Broadway and Goffe street, thence northwesterly through 
the center of Gotfe street to the center of Crescent street, thence 
northerly through the center of Crescent street to the city limit, 
thence westerly and southerly by the ‘city limit to the center of 
Chapel street, thence easterly through the center of Chapel street 
to the center of York street, and thence northerly through the 
center of York street to the point of beginning, shall constitute the 
tenth ward. 


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‘ So much of said city as is included within a boundary line com- 
mencing at a point on Barnesville bridge, coincident with the inter- 
section of the central line of Grand avenue, and the central line of 
the westerly channel of Mill river, and thence continuing southerly 
through the center of the westerly channel of Mill river to its 
junction with the main channel of said river, thence southerly 
through the center of the main channel of said river to its junction 
with the Quinnipiac river, thence easterly and northerly through 
the center of Quinnipiac river to a point in the central line of 
Grand avenue, and thence westerly through the center of Grand 
avenue to the point of beginning, shall constitute the eleventh 
ward. 

So much of said city as is included within a boundary line com- 
mencing at a point on Barnesville bridge at the intersection of the 
central line of Grand avenue and the central line of the westerly 
channel of Mill river, and thence continuing easterly through the 
center of said bridge and the center of Grand avenue to the former 
city limits in Quinnipiac river, thence northerly and northwesterly 
by the former city limit to the center of the channel of Mill river, 
thence southerly, following the center of said channel to the point 
where said river is divided into two chanuels, and thence through 
the center of west channel to the point of beginning, shall con- 
stitute the twelfth ward. 

So much of said city as lies northerly and westerly of a line 
beginning at a point on the dividing line between the towns of 
New Haven and Hamden, six hundred feet westerly of the center 
line of Dixwell avenue, and thence running southerly, parallel to 
and six hundred feet westerly of the center line of that part of 
Dixwell avenue which is northerly of Argyle street, to a point on 
said line two hundred feet northerly of the center line of Munson 
street, thence westerly, parallel to and two hundred feet northerly 
of the center line of Munson street, to the center line of Crescent 
street, thence westerly in a straight line to the northerly side of 
Whalley avenue bridge over West river at the middle of West 
river, and thence southerly along the middle line of the new chan- 
nel of said river to the center line of the Derby avenue bridge over 
said river, shall constitute the thirteenth ward. 

So much of said city as lies east of the Quinnipiac river and 
north of a line commencing at a point near the center of Meadow 
street, where said street joins the Quinnipiac bridge, thence run- 
ning easterly through the center of said street to a point where it 
intersects South Quinnipiac street, thence in a line running due 
east to the center of the Shore Line railway, thence easterly in a 
line following the center line of said railway to a point where it 
intersects the dividing line between the town of East Haven and 
the city of New Haven, shall constitute the fourteenth ward of 
said city. 

So much of said city within the limits of said town as lies easterly 
of the Quinnipiac river and south of said easterly and westeriy line 
shall constitute the fifteenth ward of said city. 


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ELECTIONS. 


Src. 4. Every elector of this state, having qualifications and 
complying with the requirements prescribed by law entitling him 
to vote at any city meeting in said city for the election of officers 
thereof, shall be a freeman of said city. 

The court of common council of said city may, by ordinance 
passed and published as provided in this act, divide each or any 
ward of the city of New Haven into two or more voting districts ; 
and all the provisions of law now existing, or which may hereafter 
be enacted, regulating the holding of elections in the other voting 
districts of said city, shall apply to said new voting districts when 
so established. 

All elections hereafter held within the city and town of New 
Haven shall be held pursuant to the provisions of the general elec- 
tion laws of the state. 

Src. 5. At the several elections held within the city and town of 
New Haven for the choice of city officers, those only shall vote who 
are registered on the corrected list of voters last before completed, 
including those added on the day of the last state election. 

Src. 6. On the third Tuesday of April, 1902, the freemen of said 
city shall elect by ballot from among their number, as prescribed 
by law, six aldermen at large, who shall hold their respective offices 
for the term of one year from and after the first week day of June 
next succeeding their election. On the third Tuesday of April, 1903, 
and on the third Tuesday of April in every second year thereafter, 
the freemen of said city shall elect by ballot from among their num- 
ber, as prescribed by law, a mayor, controller, treasurer, clerk, col- 
lector, city sheriff, and six aldermen at large, who shall hold their 
respective offices for the term of two years from and after the first 
week day of June next succeeding their election. No person shall 
vote for more than four aldermen at large at any election.— 
Amended by Act of Legislature, June 14, 1901. 

Sxo. 7. In each of the wards of said city which bears an odd 
number, the freemen thereof shall, on the third Tuesday of April, 
1902, and on the third Tuesday of April in each second year there- 
after, elect by ballot, as prescribed by law, one alderman, who shall 
hold office for the term of two years from and after the first week 
day of June next succeeding his election. In each of the wards of 
said city which bears an even number, the freeman thereof shall, on 
the third Tuesday of April, 1903, and on the third Tuesday of April. 
in each second year thereafter, elect by ballot, as prescribed by law, 
one alderman, who shall hold office for the term of two years from 
and after the first week day of June next succeeding his election. 
—Amended by Act of Legislature, June 14, 1901. 

Src. 8. In each of the wards of said city the freemen thereof 
shall, on the third Tuesday of April, 1900, and on the third Tues- 
day of April in each year thereafter, elect by ballot, as prescribed 
by law, three councilmen, who shall hold their offices for one year 
from and after the first week day in June next succeeding their 
election. [Repealed by Act of Legislature, June 14, 1901.] 

Src. 9. Each of said officers shall be elected by plurality vote ; 


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but, if by reason of an equality of votes, there shall be no choice of 
any of said officers, then the court of common council shall provide 
for the holding of a new election within thirty days from and after 
the time when such failure to elect shall be made known. In case 
of the death, resignation, removal, or incapacity of any officer of 
said city chosen by the electors, the court of common council shall 
order a special election within thirty days to fill the vacancy, and 
the mayor may temporarily fill such vacancy by appointment. 


EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. 


Mayor. 


Src. 10. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city, 
and shall be at least thirty years of age. He shall have been a legal 
voter and resident of the city for the five years immediately preced- 
ing his election, and shall reside in the city during his term of oflice. 
Whenever there shall be a vacancy in the office of mayor, or when- 
ever the mayor shall be prevented by absence from the city, by ill- 
ness, or by any other cause, from attending to the duties of his 
office, the president of the board of aldermen or, if said president 
shall be absent or disabled, the president of the board of council- 
men, shall act as mayor until the mayor is again able to assume the 
duties of his office or until the vacancy is filled by election, and said 
acting mayor shall have all the rights, powers and duties of said 
mayor, except the powers of appointment and removal, until the 
vacancy is filled or the mayor is again able to act. 

Src. 11. It shall be the duty of the mayor: 

1. To cause the laws and ordinances to be executed and enforced, 
to inform the city attorney of all violations of law brought to his 
attention, and to conserve the peace within said city. He shall be 
responsible for the good order and efficient government of said city. 

2. To fill by appointment vacancies in office in all cases in which 
he is given by law the power to appoint. 

3. To communicate to the court of common council, during the 
month of July next succeeding his election, and quarterly, there- 
after, a general statement of the condition of the city in relation to 
its government, finances, public improvements, and affairs, with 
such recommendations as he may deem proper. 

4. To call special meetings of the court of common council when 
he may deem it expedient. 

5. To sign all bonds and deeds and all written contracts of the 
city made either by the court of common council or any officer of 
the city in accordance with authority conferred upon them by this 
charter or the ordinances. 

6. To call together, at least once in every month, for consulta- 
tion and advice upon the affairs of the city, the superintendents of 
the department of fire service and police, the director of the depart- 
ment of public works, the president of the department of parks, 
the president of the board of education, the president of the depart- 
ment of charities and correction, the controller, the corporation 
counsel, the health officer, and such other executive and administra- 


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tive officers as he may deem best; and at such meetings he may call 
on any of said officers for such reports as to the matters under their 
management as he may deem proper. 

7. To either approve or disapprove, in writing, every vote, reso- 
lution, order, or ordinance passed by the court of common council. 
If he approve it or fail to take action within ten days after the pas- 
sage thereof, such vote, resolution, order, or ordinance shall become 
operative and effectual. In case the mayor shall fail to take action 
upon any vote, resolution, order, or ordinance passed by the court of 
common council, within ten days after the passage thereof, the clerk 
shall endorse the fact upon the vote, resolution, order, or ordinance. 
If he disapprove it he shall notify the city clerk of that fact, and he 
shall transmit in writing his reasons for such disapproval to the body 
in which it originated at or before its next regular meeting, and 
such vote, resolution, order, or ordinance shall not become operative 
and effectual unless passed over his veto, by an affirmative vote of 
two-thirds of all the members of each board of the court of com- 
mon council, present or absent. The mayor may also approve or dis- 
approve any part of any vote, order, ordinance, or resolution, and 
the part of the vote, order, ordinance or resolution approved shall 
become operative and effectual, and the part disapproved shall be 
void, unless passed over his veto in the manner aforesaid. 

Sxo. 12. The mayor shall have power: 

1. To assume the entire control and direction of the police and 
fire forces of the city, or either of them, for a period not exceeding 
five days, at his discretion in case of emergency, and to exercise all 
of the powers conferred upon the fire and police departments in 
relation thereto. 

2. To exercise, whenever necessary in order to suppress tumults, 
riots, or unlawful assemblies, within the limits of said city, all the 
powers given by law to sheriffs in relation to riotous assemblages ; 
and, at all times, when necessary, to require the aid of any sheriff, 
deputy sheriff, constable, or policeman, or any or all of them together, 
to assist him in executing the laws within the limits of said city. 

3.. To make requisition for the several companies of the Connec- 
ticut national guard and divisions of naval reserve in said city, or 
any of them, whenever he shall have reason to believe that great 
opposition will be made to the exercise of his authority, and to exert 
all the force necessary to enable him to execute the laws within the 
limits of said city. 

4, To appoint, whenever he may deem it best to do so, three 
competent, disinterested persons, no more than two of whom shall 
be of the same political party, to examine without notice the affairs 
of any department, officer, or employe of said city, and submit the 
results of said examination to him. 

5. The mayor may at any time whenever he may believe any 
person appointed to office by him or any of his predecessors to be 
incompetent, or unfaithful to the duties of his office, or that the 
requirements of the public service demand his removal, summon 
said officer before him at a place and time specified in said sum- 
mons, to show cause why he should not be removed from said office. 


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With said summons he shall leave with said officer a written state- 
ment of the charges against him, and if, after a full hearing, he 
shall find that such officer is incompetent or unfaithful, or that the 
requirements of the public service demand his removal, he may 
remove such person from his office. Any such official so removed 
may appeal from the order of the mayor removing him from said 
office to the superior court or any judge thereof, which appeal 
shall be made returnable not more than six nor less than three days 
from the date of the order of removal of said mayor, and shall be 
served upon the mayor or at his usual place of abode at least forty- 
eight hours hefore the time fixed for a hearing. And said court 
or judge, having given such further notice as may be deemed 
necessary to all parties, shall forthwith hear said case, and may 
approve or revoke the order of said mayor and may award costs at 
his discretion. But no such official so removed shall exercise any 
of the powers of his office during the pendency of his appeal to the 
superior court. | 

Sec. 18. If any person shall hinder, obstruct, resist, or abuse 
the mayor in the execution of his office, or when ordered to render 
assistance to the mayor (being of sufficient age and ability) shall 
refuse or neglect to do so, such offender, being thereof duly con- 
victed, shall pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or shall 
be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both, 
at the discretion of the court having cognizance of the offense. 

Seco. 14. Every commissioned officer and soldier, when called 
into service by the mayor, as aforesaid, shall have the same pay, and 
in case of disobedience be subject to the same penalties, as if called 
into service by the sheriff of the county. 


CoRPORATION COUNSEL. 


Src. 15. There shall be in said city a corporation counsel, who 
at the time of his appointment shall have been an attorney and 
counselor-at-law of this state for not less than ten years, and a 
resident of said city as at present defined for not less than five 
years, immediately preceding his appointment, and shall reside in 
said city during his term of office. The corporation counsel hold- 
ing office when this act takes effect shall be and remain corporation 
counsel during the term for which he was appointed, unless sooner 
removed for cause in accordance with the provisions of this act. 
In the month of June, 1901, the mayor shall and in every second 
June thereafter the mayor may appoint such corporation counsel, 
to serve for two years from the first day of July next after 
his appointment and until his successor is chosen and has duly 
qualified. 

Src. 16. He shall be the legal adviser of the city and its depart- 
ments, and it shall be his duty to represent said city in all civil 
actions in any court wherein said city is interested (except as other- 
wise provided), and to give his written opinion upon any legal 
question which may be submitted to him by the mayor, or by the 
court of common council, or the chairman of any committee of the 
court of common council upon any subject pending before said 


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committee, or by any department, or by any public official with 
the written consent of the mayor. All opinions so given by him 
shall be recorded in an indexed book, which book shall be kept 
in the office of the corporation counsel and shall be the property 
of the city, and such opinions as the mayor may direct shall be 
published in the year book issued next after such opinions are given. 
He shall, when so directed by the mayor or court of common coun- 
cil, represent the city in all matters pending before the general 
assembly affecting the interests of said city, and he shall perform 
all other legal services which may be required of him by the court 
of common council or by law or ordinance. He shall annually, on 
or before the fifteenth day of February, make a written report to 
the mayor of his doings for the fiscal year next preceding, showing ~ 
the condition of all unfinished business in his hands, and give, 
between the fifteenth day of February and the first day of June 
next succeeding, to the mayor all further additional information 
that he may desire in regard to the condition of his department. 

Src. 17. The corporation counsel may have an office, to be pro- 
vided by the city, which shall be kept open during such hours 
daily as may be by ordinance prescribed. The mayor may, if in 
his opinion the interests of the city require it, employ additional 
counsel, except with reference to matters pending before the general 
assembly. : 

Sec. 18. During the month of June, 1901, and biennially there- 
after, the mayor shall appoint an assistant corporation counsel, to 
hold office during the term for which said mayor shall have been 
elected and until the successor of such assistant corporation counsel 
shall be appointed and duly qualified, who shall perform such ser- 
vices as directed by the corporation counsel, and shall attend to the 
collection of unpaid taxes, liens, and other indebtedness due the 
city.— Amended by Act of Legislature, June 10, 1901. 


CoNTROLLER. 


Sro. 19. There shall be a city controller, elected as hereinbefore 
provided, who shall, under the charter and ordinances, be subject 
to the general direction of the board of finance in all matters relat- 
ing to the financial affairs of the city, except as herein otherwise 
expressly provided. 

Seo. 20. He shall keep, in books provided for that purpose, 
accounts with each of the city departments, with such of the city 
officers as may be designated by the board of finance, and such 
other accounts as the city ordinances or said board of finance may 
direct. 

Src. 21. He shall prescribe the form of all accounts and of all 
reports to be rendered, and shall have the inspection and super- 
vision of the accounts of all other departments and officers, and pro- 
vide all books, stationery, and office supplies necessary for their use. 

Src. 22. He shall audit immediately after the first day of each 
month the accounts of the several departments and all of said 
officers who receive, pay out, or dispose of the money or other 
property of the eity; shall make proper comparisons of the same, 


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and report his findings to the mayor, and a duplicate thereof to the 
treasurer; he shall daily audit the cash account of the treasurer for 
the last previous day, and certify at the foot of said account as to 
its correctness, and shall submit to the mayor on or before the 
twentieth day of January, the twentieth day of April, the twentieth 
day of July, and the twentieth day of October in each year, a 
report of the condition of each of said accounts, together with a 
summary of all accounts of the city, verified by his oath or affirma- 
tion, exhibiting the revenues, receipts, and expenditures, the source 
from which the revenues and funds are derived, and in what man- 
ner the same have been disbursed, and the amount drawn against 
each item of the appropriations, and the mayor shall cause said 
reports to be submitted to both boards of the common council and 
the board of finance. 

Sec. 28. He shall keep a separate account for each specific item 
of the appropriations, and shall require all warrants to state specifi- 
cally against which of said items the warrant is drawn. Lach 
account shall be accompanied by a detailed statement, in a sepa- 
rate column, of the unpaid contracts and outstanding orders charged 
against it. 

Src. 24. He shall not suffer any appropriation to be overdrawn, 
or the appropriation for one item of expense to be drawn upon for 
any other purpose, or by any department other than that for which 
the appropriation was specifically made, except in case of transfers 
made as hereinafter provided. No warrant shall be issued unless 
sufficient funds to pay the same shall actually be in the treasury. 
If he shall certify any bill, contract, or claim in excess of the appro- 
priation properly applicable thereto, the city shall not be liable for 
such excess, but he shall be personally liable therefor, and his sure- 
ties shall also be liable to the amount of his bond. 

Src. 25. Each claim or account against the city shall be first 
verified by the oath or affirmation of the claimant or his authorized 
agent, if required by the board of finance, then certified to be 
correct and justly due by the officer or board by whom, or under 
whose authority, the same was contracted. Such claim or account 
shall then be transmitted to the controller, who shall carefully 
examine and compute each bill rendered, and, on finding it correct, 
he shall so certify, and then lay it before the board of finance for 
approval, and no bill shall be paid until approved by a majority of 
said board of finance in writing. If any claimant is indebted to 
said city, the controller shall report such indebtedness to said board, 
together with the claim. When approved by said board, said con- 
troller shall number the several claims and enter them in books 
kept by him for that purpose; and when said claims are so num- 
bered and entered the city clerk shall draw his order on the city 
treasurer for the several amounts due, and prepare and fill out 
receipts in accordance therewith, and shall place said orders in the 
hands of the controller, who shall countersign and disburse the 
same when duly receipted for; provided, that for any sums for 
which the city becomes legaily liable upon its bonds or notes, the 
city clerk may draw his order upon the treasurer, upon which, © 


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when countersigned by the mayor and controller, said sums shall 
be paid. When the identity of the claimant is doubtful, said claim- 
ant may be required to make oath or affirmation or furnish other 
evidence that he is the person, or the legal representative of the 
person, in whose favor the order is drawn. And the city clerk and 
the controller are hereby severally authorized to administer oaths 
or affirmations. The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
the department of education. 

Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the controller and city 
clerk from drawing and delivering an order on the treasurer in 
payment of an execution issued by the clerk of any court to the 
person in whose favor any judgment may have been rendered by 
said court. 

Seo. 26. The controller shall give bonds to the amount of 
twenty thousand dollars to the city of New Haven. He shall have 
an office in the city hall, and shall keep the same open during such 
hours as the board of finance may direct. 

Sro. 27. The controller shall, at the end of each fiscal year, or 
oftener, if so required by the mayor, and also upon the death, 
resignation, removal, or the expiration of the term of any officer, 
audit or cause to be audited, examine, and settle the accounts of 
such officer, and if he shall be found indebted to the city, the con- 
troller shall state an account and file the same with the corpora- 
tion counsel, together with a copy of the official bond of such 
officer, if any, and give notice thereof to him or his legal repre- 
sentatives; and the corporation counsel shall proceed to collect 
such balance from such officer or his sureties within six months 
from the receipt of such account. Notice of the audit shall be 
given by the controller to the officer or his legal representatives 
before the final statement of the account, and, if desired by such 
officer or his legal representatives, opportunity shall be given for a 
hearing. A copy of such notice, with an affidavit to the fact of 
service thereof, shall be filed, with the statement of account, as 
evidence of service of notice. 


TREASURER. 


Src. 28. There shall be a treasurer who shall be elected as 
hereinbefore provided, who shall have the same power and 
authority as town treasurers and shall be accountable to said city. 
He shall have an office in the city hall, which shall be kept open 
during such hours as may be by ordinance prescribed. He shall 
give bonds in the amount of fifty thousand dollars. He shall be 
allowed such clerical expenses as may be approved by the board of 
finance, and all appointments of clerks in his office shall be made 
by said treasurer without reference to the civil service board. 

Src. 29. All city funds shall be deposited in such bank or 
banks as shall be designated by the board of finance, whose duty it 
shall be to obtain the highest rate of interest therefor consistent 
with the safety of the deposits. All interest upon said deposits 
shall belong to said city. 

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the city clerk and countersigned by the controller, or drawn by the 
board of education in the order in which they shall be presented 
to him. The treasurer shall report to the board of finance, on the 
first of each month, the amount of money belonging to said city 
in his hands, and the sources from which it was received, and shall 
present to said board each month his accounts for the month next 
preceding, properly audited and certified by the controller. 


CoLLECTOR. 


Src. 31. There shall be in said city a collector, elected as here- 
inbefore provided, who shall also be the collector of taxes for the 
New Haven city school district. He shall have all the power and 
be subject to all of the duties imposed by law upon collectors of 
town, city, and school district taxes. He shall receive and collect 
all taxes, including poll and military taxes, from persons liable to 
pay the same, and all assessments of every kind made by said city, 
and all license fees payable to said city. All licenses issued by any 
city department or officer shall be presented to the collector, or his 
authorized agent, in the collector’s office, who shall receive the fee 
prescribed therefor, and shall countersign each license before the 
same shall be of effect. He shall cause a record of each license so 
countersigned to be kept in his office. The mayor shall have 
power to issue a warrant for the collection of any of said taxes or 
assessments. The collector shall have the same power to sign cer- 
tificates of tax liens and certificates of their release and discharge 
which is by law given to the mayors of cities. The salary paid to 
the collector by the city shall be in lieu of all other compensation 
for services. 

Sec. 32. It shall be the duty of the collector to report to the 
assistant corporation counsel, on the first Monday in September in 
each year, all taxes and assessments upon property and all poll and 
military taxes which have not been abated according to law and 
which have been due and unpaid for a period of one year; and it 
shall be the duty of the assistant corporation counsel to proceed 
forthwith to take all legal steps necessary to enforce the payment 
of said taxes and assessments. Whenever any tax due to said city 
is abated, the authority making the abatement shall cause notice 
thereof to be given forthwith to the collector. 

Sxo. 33. Said collector shall, before three o’clock in the after- 
noon of each business day, deposit with the treasurer of said city 
all moneys collected by him during the twenty-four hours then 
ended, and shall take the treasurer’s receipt for the same in dupli- 
cate, one copy of which he shall file in the controller’s office forth- 
with. 

Src. 34. Said collector shall give bonds in the amount of one 
hundred thousand dollars. 


Ciry CLERK. 


Src. 35. There shall be a city clerk elected as hereinbefore pro- 
_ vided. He shall be clerk of the board of aldermen and of the 
board of finance, and shall record their doings. He shall send, 


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immediately after it takes effect, a copy of any ordinance, resolu- 
tion, or order of the court of common council to each department 
or officer affected thereby. He shall perform such clerical services 
as may be required by the ordinances of the city. He shall publish 
all city ordinances by advertising in all daily newspapers published 
in said city such ordinances as soon as the same are enacted, 
together with notice that such ordinances have been passed, and 
shall record in full in the reeords of said city all ordinances so 
enacted, and record the fact of such publication. He shall make 
upon the records of said city, entries of his own acts in serving and 
publishing notices of orders and ordinances passed by the court of 
common council. Said clerk shall devote his entire time to the 
service of the city, and shall have no other oceupation during his 
term of office; and he shall keep his office open during such hours 
as the ordinances of the city shall direct. He shall give bonds in 
the amount of ten thousand dollars. 


AssisTANt Crry CLERK. 


Src. 36. The court of common council shall, during the month 
of June in each year, appoint an assistant city clerk, who, after 
having taken the oath or affirmation provided by law for the clerk 
of said city, shall, in the absence or disability of said clerk, have 
power to perform all the duties of said clerk. All acts of said 
assistant clerk and all records kept by him shall have the same 
validity and effect as acts and records of the city clerk. The assist- 
ant clerk shall be clerk of and make true and regular entries of all 
votes and proceedings of the board of councilmen, and of each of 
the joint standing committees of the court of common council. 
He shall compile the city year book. He shall give bonds in the 
amount of five thousand dollars. 


SEALER oF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 


Src. 37. The sealer of weights and measures of said city in 
office when this act takes effect shall continue in office until July 1, 
1900, and until his successor is appointed and has duly qualified, 
unless sooner removed for cause in accordance with the provisions 
of this act. During the month of June, 1900, and biennially 
thereafter, the mayor shall appoint a sealer of weights and meas- 
ures to serve for two years from the first day of July following his 
appointment. It shall be his duty at least once in each year to 
compare all scales, weights, and measures with the United States 
standard weights and measures belonging to the city of New 
Haven. Said sealer of weights and measures may appoint, with 
the approval of the mayor, such number of assistants as he may 
think necessary in the discharge of his duties, and their acts shall 
have equal authority with his own. He may remove any of said 
assistants at pleasure. He shall perform all other duties required - 
of him by the ordinances of the city. He shall receive as compen- 
sation for his services the salary provided in section 40 of this act 
and such fees to him and his assistants as the court of common 
council may by ordinance prescribe. 


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Crry SHERIFF. 


Src. 38. The city sheriff shall, when duly required, attend upon 
the city court, when sitting for the transaction of civil business 
only, shall notify, when so directed by the mayor, the members of 
the court of common council of any meeting of either body, or any 
committee thereof, and may serye any civil process returnable to or 
issued by either of said courts, or any committee of the same, and 
shall serve all notices issued by any committee or departments. 
He shall perform all other duties required of him by law and the 
ordinances of the city. 


Mayor’s SECRETARY. 


Sec. 39. During the month of June, 1901, and biennially there- 
after, the mayor shall appoint a secretary, who shall be under the 
direction of the mayor. In addition to his duties as secretary to 
the mayor, he shall perform such other duties as may be by ordi- 
nance prescribed. 


SALARIES. 


Src. 40. The salary of each of the following-named officers 
shall be at the rate herein provided: The mayor, thirty-five hun- 
dred dollars per annum ; the mayor’s secretary, one thousand dol- 
lars per annum; the corporation counsel, thirty-five hundred dollars 
per annum; the assistant corporation counsel, one thousand dollars 
per annum; the controller, three thousand dollars per annum ; the 
treasurer, one thousand dollars per annum; the collector, four 
thousand dollars per annum; the city clerk, two thousand dollars 
per annum; the assistant city clerk, twelve hundred dollars per 
annum ; the sealer of weights and measures, seven hundred dollars 
per annum; the city sheriff, twelve hundred dollars per annum. 
These and all other salaries paid by the city shall be payable in 
monthly instalments by the treasurer of said city, and shall be in 
lieu of any and all compensation for any services required by the 
city of said officers respectively by this act, except as the same may 
be herein otherwise specified ; provided, that if the court of com- 
mon council at any time, by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of all 
the members of each board, shall resolve that it is expedient to 
increase or decrease the salary of any city official to a certain 
specified sum, and if said resolve shall be adopted by the next 
court of common council in the succeeding year by a like vote, 
then said court may proceed to enact an ordinance increasing or 
decreasing said salary to the sum specified. 


DEPARTMENTS. 


Boarp oF FINANCE. 


Src. 41. There shall be in said city a department of finance, 
which shall be under the control of a board consisting of the 
mayor, who shall be its presiding officer, the controller, an alder- 


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man who shall be elected by the board of aldermen in the month 
of June in each year, a councilman who shall be elected by the 
board of councilmen in the month of June in each year, and three 
citizens, none of whom shall hold any other office in said city 
government, and to be appointed as hereafter provided; but said 
elections and appointments shall be so made that not more than 
four members of said board shall at any time belong to the same 
political party. | 

The necessary expenses of said board shall be paid by the city, 
but no member of the board shall be paid for his services. 

Src. 42. It shall be the duty of said board to hold a regular 
weekly meeting on some day to be fixed by said board, and the 
mayor may call a special meeting at any time, on reasonable per- 
sonal notice to the members thereof, or on written or printed 
notice sent to the residence of each member, or mailed to him by 
the clerk of said board, at least twenty-four hours before the time 
of holding such meeting. It shall be the duty of said board care- 
fully to examine and consider all claims and accounts against the 
city submitted for its approval, and to approve by the signatures 
of a majority of its members such claims or accounts as it finds to 
be justly due. 

Seo. 48. During the month of June, 1900, the mayor shall ap- 
point one citizen member of said board, and in each June thereafter 
the mayor shall appoint one member of said board of finance for a 
term of three years, from the first day of July next succeeding ; and 
all the present members of the board of finance appointed by 
the mayor under and by virtue of the act of 1897, amending the 
charter of the city of New Haven, shall continue to hold office 
during the terms for which they were appointed under said act, 
unless sooner removed for cause in accordance with the provisions 
of this act. 

Src. 44. In the month of November in each year the board of 
finance shall make estimates of the moneys necessary to be appro- 
priated for the expenses of said city for the year next ensuing, 
beginning January first, and of the rate of taxation required to meet 
the same, and shall classify the said expenses under appropriate 
heads and departments. In the preparation of said estimates said 
board of finance shall give notice to each board or department, of a 
definite time and place where they will meet to consider the needs 
of such board or department; said board of finance shall recom- 
mend such tax upon the polls and ratable estates within the limits 
of said city as it shall deem necessary to meet such expenses. Said 
estimates and the rate of taxation recommended shall be submitted to 
the court of common council during the first week of the month of 
December next succeeding, and, within five days after said submis- 
sion, shall be published once in each of the daily newspapers in said 
city; and after such publication and before the twentieth day of 
said month of December said court shall proceed to consider and act 
upon said estimates, and said appropriations and rate of taxation, so 
reported by the board of finance to said court, shall be final, and 
the appropriations and rate of taxation shall be the legal appropria- 


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tions and the legal rate of taxation for said city, unless changed by 
a two-thirds vote of each board of the court of common council; 
but said court of common council: shall not have power to increase 
the appropriations, or any item thereof, or the rate of taxation as 
recommended by the board of finance, nor shall said court of com- 
mon council reduce any item fixed by said board of finance for the 
payment of interest or principal of the municipal debt. But the 
total amount of such annual appropriations for any one year shall 
not exceed the estimated income for that year, nor shall any city or 
department officer or board of commissioners of said city make any 
expenditures except for the objects and purposes specified by said 
court of common council. Nor shall any city or department officer 
or board of commissioners of said city incur any liability or expense 
by contract or otherwise for which said city shall be responsible in 
excess of the appropriations so made by said board of finance and 
said court of common council. 

The board of finance, upon the recommendation of the court of 
common council, shall have power to make appropriations for pub- 
lic receptions, parades, concerts and celebrations to an amount not 
exceeding fifteen hundred dollars for any one of said purposes in 
any one year. No amount appropriated for any one purpose, 
whether general or special, shall be used or appropriated for any 
other purpose except the same be authorized by the board of finance. 
—Amended by Act of Legislature, April 30, 1901. 

Src. 45. The board of finance may provide at any time for the 
discounting, at current rates of interest, of all sums assessed for 
taxes, but not yet payable. Said board shall have power, in the 
name of the city, to borrow such sums from time to time, as in its 
opinion may be needed for city purposes, in anticipation of such 
taxes as shall have been previously laid, and in anticipation of the 
sale of bonds which may have been ordered by the court of com- 
mon council in accordance with law, and for no other purpose; and 
the amount so borrowed shall be repaid from said taxes when collected 
or from the sale of such bonds. It shall be the duty of said board 
to make rules regulating the method of payment of all officers and 
employes of said city and prescribing the forms of the receipts to 
be required. ; 


DEPARTMENT OF Po.xice SERVICE. 


Src. 46. There shall be in said city a department of police serv- 
ice which shall be under the management and control of a board of 
six commissioners to be appointed as hereinafter provided, and with 
duties as herein set forth. 

Src. 47. Said department shall preserve the peace, good order, 
and security of said city, and shall consist of a chief and such offi- 
cers, policemen, supernumeraries, special constables, police matrons, 
and employes as the board of police commissioners may from 
time to time prescribe. All promotions of officers and members of 
the police force shall be made by the board of police commission- 
ers on grounds of meritorious police service and superior capacity, 


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and shall be as follows: sergeants of police shall be selected from 
among patrolmen, and captains from among the sergeants. All 
appointments, including special constables, and promotions, except 
the chief, shall be made by said board in accordance with the rules 
of the civil service board, but no one except special constables shall 
be permanently appointed until he shall have performed active 
police service as supernumerary for at least six months. Said 
board of police commissioners shall have power to designate mem- 
bers of such supernumerary force for such period of active service 
as it may think proper. The board of police commissioners may 
establish a detective bureau, which shall be under the charge and 
direction of a captain of the detective force, who shall be subject 
to the order of the chief of police.—Amended by Act of Legisla- 
ture, April 9, 1901. 

Src. 48. The members of the board of police commissioners in 
office when this act takes effect shall continue in office during the 
term for which they were appointed, unless sooner removed for 
cause in accordance with the provisions of this act. During the 
month of June, 1900, and in each June thereafter, the mayor shall 
appoint two members of said board for a term of three years from 
the first day of July next succeeding. No more than three mem- 
bers of said board shall at any one time belong to the same polit- 
ical party. | 

So. 49. The mayor shall be ea officio chairman of said board, 
and may vote, in case of a tie, upon all questions, except upon the 
election or appointment of any officer or employe elected or 
appointed by said board. In case of a tie vote in said board for 
any election or appointment remaining undecided for a period of 
thirty days, the mayor may then vote upon said election of officer 
or employe. When a vacancy shall exist in the office of chief, the 
mayor shall appoint a new chief, who shall only be removable as 
provided for other appointees of the mayor.—Amended by Act of 
Legislature, April 9, 1901. 

Src. 50. The board of police commissioners shall fix the pay or 
compensation of all members of the department, except the chief, 
whose salary shall be at the rate of twenty-five hundred dollars per 
year, provided that the pay of the members of the veteran reserve 
shall be regulated in accordance with the amount of duty performed, 
and shall not be more than one-half nor less than one-fourth of the 
rate of compensation previously received by said members while in 
the regular grade. 

The present superintendent of police of the city of New Haven 
shall be and remain, subject to the provisions of said charter, the 
chief of police of the city of New Haven.—Amended by Act of 
Legislature, April 9, 1901. 

Sec. 51. In addition to the supernumerary and regular police 
force, there shall be an honorary grade, known as the veteran 
reserve, to which said board of police commissioners may, at its 
discretion, transfer any member of the regular force, who shall, 
through age, or physical disabilities incurred in the discharge of 
perilous duty, or in long and faithful service, become permanently 


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disqualified for the more active duties of the regular grade; and 
said board of police commissioners may, at its discretion, by the 
affirmative vote of at least four commissioners, as a reward for con- 
spicuously meritorious service, retire permanently from duty any 
member of the veteran reserve after twenty-five years of continuous 
service in the department, upon the certificate of the surgeon of the 
department or of a board of surgeons to be designated by said board 
of police commissioners, showing that said member is permanently 
disabled, physically or mentally, so as to be unfit for any police 
duty ; provided, that such board of surgeons shall further certify 
that in his or their opinion said disability is due to injury received 
or exposure endured in the performance of duty in said department ; 
and such member so retired shall be entitled to receive from the 
policemen’s relief fund of the department, during his lifetime, 
unless said vote is annulled by a unanimous vote of said commis- 
sioners, an annual sum, payable monthly, not exceeding one-half, 
nor less than one-third, of his previous compensation per annum. 
—Amended by Act of Legislature, May 3, 1901. 

Src. 52. The board of police commissioners shall select and pro- 
vide for all elections held in said city and town, in each ward and 
voting district of said city and town, a proper and suitable place 
for holding such elections, and shall, at least ten days before the 
holding of such elections, furnish the mayor of said city with the 
list of places designated for such elections ; provided, however, that 
no saloon or place where intoxicating liquors are usually sold shall 
be selected for such purpose. Said board shall also, in case of any 
election to be held in and for said town, at least ten days before the 
holding of any such election, furnish the selectmen of said town 
with a list of the places designated for such election. It shall be 
the duty of the chief of said department to make and enforce 
uniform rules to preserve the peace, enforce good order, and pre- 
vent persons not voting or waiting their turn to vote, or engaged 
in conducting said election, from congregating within one hundred 
feet of said voting place. 

Nothing herein contained shall give the board of police commis- 
sioners nor the city of New Haven any control over elections held 
in the borough of Fair Haven East or in the Westville school dis- 
trict, nor shall the expense of the elections in said borough or in 
said school district be paid by the city or town of New Haven. 
—Amended by Act of Legislature, April 9, 1901. 


InsPEcTOR oF LAmMpPs. 


Src. 538. The department of police shall render such assistance 
in the care and management of public lamps as the court of com- 
mon council may direct. The inspector of lamps appointed by the 
mayor in June, 1897, shall continue to hold the office of inspector 
of lamps until his successor has been appointed and has duly 
qualified. After due hearing, and by written order, giving his 
reasons therefor, the mayor may remove the inspector of lamps and 
appoint his successor. The inspector of lamps shall perform such 


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duties in the care and management of lamps, and in the care and 
management of street signs on the same, as shall be specified by 
the court of common council and approved by the mayor. He 
shall receive such salary for his services as may be fixed by the 
court of common council of said city. 


DEPARTMENT OF FIRE SERVICE. 


Src. 54. There shall be in said city a department of fire service, 
which shall be under the management and control of a board of 
five commissioners to be appointed as hereinafter provided and 
with duties as herein set forth. 

Src. 55. Said department of fire service shall be charged with 
the duty of protecting the city against danger from fire and unsafe 
construction of buildings, and shall consist of a chief, a fire mar- 
shal, a superintendent of fire alarm telegraph and electrical con- 
struction, and such officers and employes as the board of fire com- 
missioners may from time to time prescribe. All appointments.and 
promotions, except the chief, who shall be appointed by the mayor, 
shall be made by said board in accordance with the rules of the 
civil service board. The salary of the chief shall be at the rate of 
twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, and the compensation of 
the officers and employes of said department shall be determined 
by the court of common council. Said board of fire commissioners 
shall have authority to make a contract with corporations and indi- 
viduals outside of the original twelve wards, and outside of the 
limits of said city, granting such corporations and individuals fire 
protection for such compensation as may be deemed just and proper, 
subject to the approval of the court of common council. Amended 
by Act of Legislature, April 9, 1901. 

Src. 56. The members of the board of fire commissioners in 
office when this act takes effect shall continue in office until the 
terms for which they were appointed shall expire by limitation, 
unless sooner removed for cause in accordance with the provisions 
of this act. During the month of June in each year the mayor 
shall appoint for a term of three years from the first day of July 
next succeeding such number of commissioners as may be neces- 
sary to fill vacancies arising by reason of the expiration of terms. 
Not more than three members of said board shall at any one time 
belong to one political party. Whenever a vacancy shall hereafter 
exist in the office of chief the mayor shall appoint a new chief, who 
shall only be removable as provided for other appointees of the 
mayor. 

The present superintendent of the fire department of the city of 
New Haven shall be and remain, subject to the provisions of said 
charter, the chief of the fire department of the city of New Haven. 
—Amended by Act of Legislature, April 9, 1901. 

Src. 57. It shall be the duty of the fire marshal to inspect from 
time to time the schoolhouses and other public buildings, and all 
buildings in which any public assemblies, exhibitions, entertain- 
ments, or shows are held, for the purpose of ascertaining whether 


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such buildings are in danger of damage or destruction from fire or 
unsafe construction, and whether the ordinances concerning means 
of exit from such buildings are obeyed. It shall also be his duty, 
whenever he may deem it necessary, to inspect any building in the 
city, with a view to ascertaining whether the ordinances relating to 
the construction, use, and condition of buildings are obeyed, and 
he shall perform all other duties in regard to the inspection of 
buildings, or issuing permits for the construction thereof, which 
may be required of him by the ordinances of the city. It shall be 
his duty to report all unsafe buildings and all violations of such 
ordinances to the mayor. The court of common council may 
make such orders as it may deem necessary for the alteration and 
improvement of such buildings; provided, that the court of com- 
mon council may provide for an inspector of buildings, who, after 
said office is authorized, and the salary has been fixed by the court 
of common council, shall be appointed by the mayor, who, before 
making such appointment, shall cause to be filed with the city 
clerk for record a certificate of ability issued and signed by at 
least two of three competent New Haven architects designated by 
the mayor, which certificate shall be issued after such examination 
of the candidate for appointment as they consider necessary to 
determine his competency for the duties of said office. 

Src. 58. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of fire alarm 
telegraph and electrical construction to have charge of the fire 
alarm telegraph system in said city, and also to inspect electrical 
plants, and the use and construction of wires on which electricity 
is conducted within said city, and secure the enforcement of all 
ordinances and regulations passed by the court of common council 
in regard to such plants and wires, and shall perform such other 
duties as may be by ordinance prescribed. 


GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE Po.Lick AND FIRE 
DEPARTMENTS. 


Src. 59. The board of commissioners of each of the police and 
fire departments shall have control thereof and of all the property 
of said city used for and by said departments, shall purchase all 
supplies, and shall provide for the heating, lighting, and repairs of 
the buildings used by such departments, and shall have power to 
prescribe and define the duties of the members of such depart- 
ments, and to make all rules necessary for the proper government 
thereof and the appointment of officers and employes. 

Src. 60. The chief of each of the police and fire departments 
shall be the chief executive officer of his department, and shall be 
chargeable for its efficiency and responsible for the execution of all 
laws and the rules and regulations of the department. 

He shall assign to duty all the members of his department, mak- 
ing such changes from time to time as in his judgment the eth- 
ciency of the department may require. 

He shall have the power to suspend, without pay, any member 
of the regular force; provided, however, that no such suspension 


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shall be continued for a period of more than ten days without 
affirmative action by the commissioners of his department, which 
action shall not be taken until after a hearing upon charges pre- 
ferred in writing ; a copy of such charges shall be left with said 
officers at least forty-eight hours prior to the time fixed for such 
hearing. He shall have power to grant leaves of absence to mem- 
bers of the force for a period not exceeding five days, reporting to 
his board of commissioners all changes or assignments of office and 
absences granted.—Amended by Act of Legislature April 9, 1901. 

Sec. 61. When this act takes effect the chief of each of said 
departments shall continue to be the chief of his department, with 
the powers and duties herein specified, and all officers and employes 
of said departments shall continue to hold their respective positions 
subject to the provisions hereof.—Amended by Act of Legislature 
April 9, 1901. 

Src. 62. All lawful city ordinances relating to either of said 
departments and to any officer thereof, and all of the regulations 
of either of said departments in force at the time fixed for the 
taking offect of this act, and not inconsistent herewith, are hereby 
continued in effect until the same shall be duly amended by com- 
petent authority. 

Src. 68. No commissioner on said police board excepting 
licensed druggists shall, either as principal, agent, or employe, be 
engaged in or directly or indirectly interested in the manufacture 
or sale of intoxicating liquors or bottled drinks at wholesale. No 
one of said commissioners, nor any member of the court of com- 
mon council, shall be or become bondsman for any person by reason 
of any obligation entered into by such person with said city or any 
department or ofhicer thereof, nor shall any commissioner or mem- 
ber of the court of common council be or become surety upon any 
license bond given by an applicant for a license to sell intoxicating 
liquors, nor shall any one of them sign any application for such 
license. 

Src. 64. Each of said boards of commissioners shall have sole 
power of appointment and promotion of all officers and employes 
of their respective departments, under such rules and regulations 
as they may adopt for the purpose, except where otherwise pro- 
vided. Jour members of the board of police commissioners and 
three members of the board of fire commissioners shall constitute 
a quorum for the transaction of business. No appointments or 
promotions in the police department shall be made except by the 
affirmative vote of not less than four commissioners, except where 
otherwise provided. 

Src. 65. Each of said boards of commissioners shall have 
power, for cause, after a hearing on charges made in writing, to 
remove, reduce in rank, or suspend without pay any officer or 
employe in its department that it has power to appoint. No 
removal, reduction in rank, or suspension shall be made for political 
reasons. Charges against any officer or employe shall be preferred 
by the chief, served upon the person accused at least forty-eight 
hours before the time fixed for a hearing, and presented to the 


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board of commissioners of the department to which such officer or 
employe may belong.—Amended by Act of Legislature, April 9, 
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PoLIcEMEN’s AND FirEMEN’s Pension Funps. 


Sxo. 66. There shall hereafter be a fund for the policemen and 
a fund for the firemen of said city, known as the Policemen’s Relief 
Fund and the Firemen’s Relief Fund, to which shall belong: 

1. All moneys and securities included in the funds now existing 
in each department. 

2. All bequests and donations, from public or private sources, to 
either department on account of services rendered, or for the pur- 
poses for which the fund is established. 

3. Five per centum of all fees collected on account of licenses 
issued to sell spirituous or intoxicating liquors within the city of 
New Haven until the Policemen’s Relief Fund amounts to the 
sum of fifty thousand dollars, and the Firemen’s Relief Fund 
amounts to the sum of fifty thousand dollars. When the funds of 
these departments equal the sums above named, no more fees from 
licenses to sell spirituous or intoxicating liquors within the city of 
New Haven shall be paid into said funds, but shall be paid into 
the city treasury to be used for ordinary expenses, except the funds 
at any time shall fall below the sum of fifty thousand dollars in the 
Policemen’s Relief Fund, and fifty thousand dollars in the Fire- 
men’s Relief Fund, then the fees, to the amount of five per centum, 
collected on account of licenses to sell spirituous or intoxicating 
liquors within the city of New Haven, shall be paid into said fund 
until the amounts above named are reached, and the fee shall then 
cease to be paid, and revert to the city treasury. 

4, All moneys or property presented to any member of either 
department on account of special services, except such as may, by 
special vote of the board of commissioners of such department, and 
with the approval of the mayor, be retained by such member. 

5. Assessments on the salaries of members of the police depart- 
ment at the rate of two per centum per annum, payable month] 
or quarterly as the trustees of such fund may determine. | 

6. Such monthly assessments on the salaries of members of the 
fire department, not exceeding two per centum per annum, as the 
trustees of such fund may determine.—Amended by Act of Legis- 
lature, May 3, 1901. 

Src. 67. Said funds shall be respectively known as the “ Police- 
men’s Relief Fund” and “The Firemen’s Relief Fund,” and the 
former shall also inelude all lost, abandoned, unclaimed, or stolen 
moneys in charge of the police department, and all moneys arising 
from the sale of lost, abandoned, unclaimed or stolen property in 
charge of said department, now made available for the purpose by 
the statute laws of the state. 

Src. 68. The boards of commissioners of such departments 
shall respectively be boards of trustees of said funds, and may 
invest and reinvest the same as the laws relating to trust funds 


may permit. The mayor shall be president of each of said boards, 
the city treasurer shall be its treasurer, and the clerk of the depart- 
ment its clerk. All orders on said funds shall be signed by the 
clerk and countersigned by the president. 

Src. 69. The board of police commissioners, with the affirma- 
tive vote of four commissioners and with the mayor’s approval, and 
the board of fire commissioners, with the affirmative vote of three 
commissioners and with the mayor’s approval, may permanently 
retire any member of the department who, while in the actual per- 
formance of duty and by reason of the performance of such duty, 
and without fault and misconduct on his part, shall have become 
permanently disabled, physically or mentally, so as to be entirely 
unfitted to perform such duties; and either of such boards may 
cause to be paid from the fund of said department to said member 
during his lifetime and in monthly instalments, unless said vote is 
annulled by four of said police commissioners or three of said fire 
commissiouers, as the case may be, a sum not greater than one-half 
nor less than one-fourth of his previous compensation ; provided, 
however, that in the cases mentioned in this section, such medical 
examiners as said board may appoint shall certify in writing that 
such disability exists, and in their opinion from such cause. 

Sec. 70. The board of police commissioners, with the affirma- 
tive vote of four commissioners, and with the mayor’s approval, 
and the board of fire commissioners, with the affirmative vote of 
three commissioners and the mayor’s approval, may cause a sum 
not exceeding two thousand dollars to be paid from the fund of 
such department to the widow of, or other person or persons depen- 
dent upon, any member of such department who shall have 
been killed while in the actual performance of duty, or shall have 
died from the effects of any injury received while in the actual dis- 
charge of such duty, and may apportion such sum between such 
persons as it may deem best. 

Src. 71. All members on the retired lists in either department 
shall be subject to the orders of the board of commissioners of such 
department, which may at any time require any member to be 
re-examined, and in case he shall be reported capable of perform- 
ing duty, may, by the affirmative vote of four of said police com- 
missioners and with the mayor’s approval, or of three of said fire 
commissioners, as the case may be, and with the mayor’s approval, 
restore him to service in said department. 

Src. 72. The clerk in each department shall record all of the 
doings of the board of trustees, and all of the doings of the board 
of commissioners in relation to the fund of his department, and 
shall record the vote of each member on each question connected 
therewith. An itemized report of the condition of each fund and 
of all receipts and disbursements shall be submitted to the mayor 
on or before the fifteenth day of February, 1900, and annually 
thereafter, for the preceding fiscal year. 


DepaRTMENT oF Pusiic Works. 


Src. 73. There shall be in said city a department of public 
works, which shall be under the charge of one director, appointed 
by the mayor, who shall be known as the director of public works. | 
His salary shall be at the rate of twenty-five hundred dollars per 
annum, and, before taking office, he shall file with the city clerk 
bonds in the amount of ten thousand dollars. The person in office 
as director of public works when this act takes effect shall hold 
office until his successor has been appointed and duly qualified. 
During the mouth of June, 1901, and biennially thereafter, the 
mayor shall appoint a director of public works to hold office during 
the term for which said mayor shall have been elected and until 
the successor of such director shall be appointed and duly qualified. 
—Amended by Act of Legislature, June 10, 1901. 

Sec. 74. Except as otherwise provided in this act, the director 
of public works shall be responsible for the care and management 
of all streets, avenues, highways, alleys, bridges, public grounds, 
and parks of said city, and the opening, grading, improving, repair- 
ing, and cleaning of the same; of the construction, protection, 
repair, furnishing, cleaning, heating, lighting, and general care of 
all public buildings, except such as are by the express terms of this 
act under the control of some other officer or department; of mak- 
ing and preserving all surveys, maps, plans, drawings, and estimates 
relating to all works under the charge of said department; of the 
construction, repair, cleaning, and general care of all sewers, drains, 
culverts, sluiceways, and catch-basins. He shall cause all orders of 
the court of common council concerning any of said subjects to be 
executed. The director shall make all suitable rules and regula- 
tions in regard to said department and the conduct of its business. 

The director of public works shall have the same power and 
duties in regard to fence viewing as were formerly vested in the 
board of selectmen of the town of New Haven. 

Sec. 75. During the month of June, 1901, and biennially 
thereafter, the mayor shall appoint all heads of bureaus provided 
for in paragraphs one and two of section seventy-six of the charter 
of said city to hold office during the term for which said mayor 
shall have been elected and until their successors be appointed and 
duly qualified. After due hearing, by written order, giving his 
reasons therefor, he may remove or suspend any officer of such 
department whom he has power to appoint; provided, that such 
written order shall be recorded in the records of the department.— 
Amended by Act of Legislature, June 10, 1901. 

Sxo. 76. There shall be the following bureaus in said depart- 
ment, the heads of which shall appoint and may remove their own 
subordinates, except as herein otherwise provided, subject to the 
approval of the director. 

1. A bureau of streets, the head of which shall be called the 
superintendent of streets, who shall, under said director, have 
charge of the opening of all new streets, and the improvement, 
repair, and cleaning of all streets, avenues, highways, alleys, side- 


OR 


walks, parks, and public grounds under the charge of said depart- 
ment. The salary of said superintendent shall not exceed eighteen 
hundred dollars per annum. 

2.'A bureau of sewers, the head of which shall be called the 
superintendent of sewers, who, under said director, shall be charged 
with the repair, cleaning, and general supervision of all sewers, 
drains, sluice-ways, culverts, and catch-basins, and with such other 
duties as may be designated by the director. The salary of said 
superintendent shall not exceed eighteen hundred dollars per 
annum. 

3. A bureau of engineering, which shall be under the care of 
an experienced civil engineer, who shall be known as the city engi- 
neer, and shall make all surveys, maps, plans, drawings, specitica- 
tions, and estimates relating to the work of said department; shall 
superintend the construction and repair of sewers, bridges, and new 
pavements, and do any other engineering work which said depart- 
ment may require; and shall care for and preserve all maps, papers, 
and books of said department, and perform such other duties as 
may be by ordinance prescribed. The salary of said engineer shall 
not exceed twenty-five hundred dollars per annum. 

4. A bureau of compensation, at the head of which shall be a 
board, consisting of three commissioners, to be appointed by the 
mayor, not more than two of whom shall belong to the same politi- 
cal party, which board shall elect one of its members to be presi- 
dent. The members of said board shall receive for their services 
such salaries as the board of finance may determine, not exceeding 
the sum of three hundred dollars each per year. The members of 
the bureau of compensation holding office when this act takes effect 
shall continue to hold office until the expiration of the terms for 
which they were appointed, unless removed in accordance with the 
provisions of this act; and in the month of June, 1900, and in each 
June thereafter, the mayor shall appoint one member of said bureau 
for a term of three years from the first day of July next succeeding. 

Sec. 77. The director of public works shall appoint such cleri- 
cal assistance as may be necessary for said department, with salary 
to be fixed by the board of finance. It shall be the duty of said 
clerk or clerks to perform the clerical work of said board, and act 
as clerk of the department of compensation, and also to examine 
all transfers of real estate within the boundaries of said city which 
are inatters of public record, and to make and preserve, for the use 
of the department or board, and for the use of all officers of said 
city, such abstracts of titles to real estate as may facilitate the work 
of such department or board, or the work of any other department 
or officer of said city, and perform such other duties as may be by 
ordinance prescribed. 

Src. 78. Before the court of common council shall decide to 
take any land, or to lay out any square, park, street, highway, 
bridge, or walk, or to establish any building line or discontinue any 
highway, it shall refer all pending measures relating thereto to the 
department of public works. 

Said department shall, after notice to all owners and mortgagees 


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of land proposed to be taken or affected by such measures, and 
after public hearing thereon, cause a survey of such land or a lay- 
out of such public work to be prepared, and an assessment of bene- 
fits and damages to be made. 

Src. 79. All of such notices shall be signed by a clerk of the 
department, and a notice shall be delivered or mailed to each per- 
son, interested as aforesaid in such land, who resides in the city, or 
to the agent in charge of such land, or be left at the usual place of 
abode of such person or agent, at least six days prior to such hear- 
ing. In case any person so interested shall not at the time reside 
in the city, or shall be under any legal disability, or in case the 
owner of any such property is unknown, such notice shall be given 
as a judge of the superior court or of the court of common pleas 
may order. 

Src. 80. The bureau of compensation shall advertise in two or 
more daily papers three times the time fixed for a hearing on all 
matters coming before them, and the subject matter of said hearing ; 
and after said hearing shall estimate the total probable expense of 
taking such land, or of making such public improvement, or discon- 
tinuing such highway, or establishing such building lines, and shall 
assess benefits and damages for or against all persons interested in 
the matter, and shall estimate how much of said amount shall be 
paid by each person whose property is especially benefited by the 
proposed action, and how much shall be paid to each person whose 
property is damaged thereby. All assessments shall be for the ex- 
cess of benefits over damages, if any, or vice versa, as the case may 
be. Said bureau shall make a report of its doings to the depart- 
ment of public works, and in case the damages shall exceed the 
assessment over benefits, shall state whether there has been any ap- 
propriation made in accordance with law to pay for the same, and 
said department shall report its doings to the court of common 
council in writing, and shall annex thereto a survey showing the 
particular designation of the land to be taken or the layout of the 
proposed public improvement. 

Src. 81. Said court of common council may, after all necessary 
appropriations have been made, accept said report, and adopt such 
layout, or assessment, or may modify the same as it may deem best, 
and when such report or modification shall have been accepted and 
recorded in the records of the court of common council, and when 
the damages shall have been paid to the person whose property has 
been taken or damaged for such public purpose, or shall have been 
deposited with the city treasurer to be paid to such person when he 
shall apply for the same, then each of said assessments shall be 
legally deemed to have been made, and if the matter relate to the 
taking of land, the land described in the order of said court of com- 
mon council shall be and remain taken and devoted to the public 
use for which it shall have. been so designated. Such assessment 
_ shall be published three times in each of two or more daily news- 
papers published in said city, within one week after compliance 
with the foregoing provision in regard to the payment of damages, 
and after the report of the director of public works that the improve- 


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ments have been completed. All assessments of benefits shall be 
payable immediately after the last day of publication of such assess- 
ments. The city clerk, shall, with any such assessment, also publish 
the descriptive part of the order of the court of common council on 
which such assessment is based, and the date when the same is pay- 
able. 

If any person shall refuse to receive the amount found due to 
him, or in ease no one shall be found having authority to receive 
the sum found due to any particular person, such amount shall be 
deposited in the treasury of said city, to be paid to the person en- 
titled to receive the same whenever he shall apply therefor. No 
assessment for benefits shall be collectible nor bear interest until the 
work for such assessment was laid shall have been completed. 
Every such assessment shall bear interest at the rate of six per 
centum per annum from and after the date of such completion 
until a certificate of lein therefor shall have been filed. 

Src. 82. The court of common council may order the owner or 
owners of any land fronting on any highway or street in said city 
to construct or repair sidewalks, curbs, or gutters within the high- 
way adjacent to said land, in the manner and within the time speci- 
fied in such order, at such grade as said city may have constructed 
in said highway. Notice of such order shall be given by the direc- 
tor of public works to each property owner affected by said order, 
in the manner prescribed for serving notices of hearing of said de- 
partment. If any such owner shall neglect or refuse to comply 
with such order, or to remove snow, ice, or sleet from the sidewalk 
adjacent to his land in the manner required by ordinance, it shall 
be the duty of the superintendent of streets, at the expense of the 
city, to perform the things required by such order or ordinance, 
and the expense so incurred shall, from the time when such super- 
intendent begins to act and make expense in. the premises, be and 
continue a lien and real incumbrance in favor of said city upon such 
land. Such amount may also be recovered in an action in the 
name of said city. 

Src. 83. All assessments of benefits made under this act shall 
be and remain a lien upon the property especially benefited by the 
public work or improvement in view of which such assessments 
were made, but the whole amount of assessments for benefits, by 
reason of any such work or improvement, shall in no case exceed 
the cost thereof, including the damages payable; and such liens, 
and liens for the expenses of the laying of any sidewalk, curb, or 
gutter by said city, or for the cleaning of any sidewalk, or for the 
sprinkling of any street, shall take precedence and priority of all 
other liens or incumbrances on the property whereon the same is 
imposed (except taxes and other city liens prior in date), and may be 
foreclosed in the same manner as though said liens were mortgages 
on such property in favor of said city to secure the aniount of such 
assessment or expense ; proveded, that no such lien shall continue 
to exist longer than sixty days after such assessment shall have be- 
come payable, or, as the case may be, after such expense shall have 
been incurred, unless within that period a certificate of lien, in the 


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manner and form elsewhere provided, shall be lodged with the 
town clerk of the town of New Haven, to be by him recorded in a 
book kept for that purpose. 

Src. 84. In case any land in front of which any sidewalk, 
curb, or gutter is ordered, or against which an assessment of bene- 
fits for any public work is to be made, shall be holden by two or 
more persons jointly, or two or more persons shall have different 
estates therein, the board of compensation may apportion between 
such persons the amount of such assessment or the expense of car- 
rying out such order. Said board shall report its doings to the 
court of common council, and the action of said court of common 
council thereon shall determine the amount to be paid by the said 
persons respectively. 

Sro. 85. Any party who shall be aggrieved by any order of the 
court of common council, making any such assessment of benefits 
or damages, or requiring the construction of any sidewalk, curb, or 
gutter, or the payment of any part of the expense thereof, may 
make written application for relief to the superior court, to be held 
in and for New Haven county; provided, however, that he shall 
cause a copy of said application to be served upon the city clerk 
within thirty days after the doing of the act complained of. Said 
court may, by a committee or otherwise, inquire into the allega- 
tions of such application, and may confirm, annul, or modify the 
assessment or other action therein complained of, or make such 
order in the premises as equity may require, and may allow costs 
to either or neither party at its discretion; and said court may 
inquire into the validity of all the proceedings upon which said 
assessments or other action is based. No land taken as aforesaid 
shall be occupied by the city until the time for taking appeals shall 
have expired, and until all appeals have been finally disposed of. 
All such appeals shall be privileged cases in the superior court, and 
it shall be the duty of the corporation counsel to cause such appeals 
to be heard as speedily as possible. 


DEPARTMENT OF PARKS. 


Src. 86. There shall be in said city a department of parks, 
which shall be under the charge of a board of park commissioners, 
consisting of the mayor, who shall be its chairman, ex-officio, with 
power to vote in case of a tie, and eight commissioners, who shall 
serve without pay and be chosen as follows: The three permanent 
or citizen commissioners of the East Rock park commission shall 
be commissioners of said board; the five other commissioners shall 
be appointed by the mayor, as hereinafter provided. 

Src. 87. The three citizen commissioners of East Rock park 
aforesaid shall hold their respective positions, and their successors 
shall be appointed, pursuant to the provisions of the act incorpo- 
rating East Rock park in the city of New Haven, passed at the 
January session, 1880, and amendments thereto. 

The citizens appointed as park commissioners by the mayor, 
under the act of 1897, shall continue to hold office during the terms 


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for which they were appointed unless sooner removed for cause in 
accordance with the provisions of the charter of the city of New 
Haven; and in the month of December, 1899, and in each Decem- 
ber thereafter, the mayor shall appoint one citizen as a park com- 
missioner, to hold office for three years from the first day of January 
next following. In the month of May, 1902, and in every second 
May thereafter, the mayor shall appoint two aldermen to be park 
commissioners during their term of office. No park commissioner 
shall be removed except by a vote of the board, but the mayor may 
fill any vacancy that may occur, except among the commissioners of 
East Rock park, by appointment of the same character for the 
unexpired term.—Amended by Act of Legislature, June 14, 1901. 

Src. 88. Said board shall have general and exclusive charge, 
control, and management of East Rock park, and of all other 
public parks, squares, grounds, and open places acquired ‘or dedi- 
cated to public use since May twenty-fourth, 1889, and which may 
hereafter be acquired or dedicated to public use, as parts of or 
additions to the public park system of the city or town of New 
Haven, whether within or without the limits of said city, but not 
including streets in parks within the city limits. It shall have sole 
charge of the preservation, development, and adornment of said 
parks, and is hereby empowered to make and alter, from time to 
time, all needful rules and regulations for the maintenance of order, 
safety, and decency in said parks, the prevention of any depreda- 
tion therein or misuse of the same, and the protection and preser- 
vation of said parks both within and without the limits of the city, 
and to affix penalties for disobedience thereto, which rules and 
regulations shall have the force of ordinances of the city of New 
Haven; provided, that no such rule or regulation shall be of any 
effect unless it shall have been first approved by the court of com- 
mon council and then published at full length in one or more of 
the daily newspapers published in New Haven, and also printed 
and posted in conspicuous places within the limits of the parks or 
places to which such regulation is intended to apply. For the pur- 
pose of enforcing such rules and regulations, all such parks and 
places, whether within or without the limits of said city, are hereby 
placed under the police jurisdiction of the city of New Haven, and 
complaints for violation of such regulations may be made by the 
city attorney to the city court of said city; but nothing contained in 
this section shall be construed to affect the general police or govern- 
mental jurisdiction of any town within whose limits any portion of 
such public park or place may be situated. Any member of the 
police department or the superintendent of any park may arrest 
without warrant, in any of such parks or places, whether within or 
without the limits of the city of New Haven, any person who has 
broken any park rule, or committed any other offense in said parks; 
and the city court of New Haven shall have jurisdiction of all mis- 
demeanors committed within the limits of said parks. 

Sec. 89. All real and personal estate of the city used for park 
purposes, within the limits of any other town, shall be exempt from 
taxation or assessment for benefits and damages. 


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Src. 90. Said board, with the approval of the court of common 
council, shall have power, in the name and on behalf of the city of 
New Haven, to procure by gift, purchase, lease, exchange, or other 
contract, or by condemnation as herein elsewhere provided, real 
property, whether within or without the limits of the city of New 
Haven, for the purpose of providing public parks or the enlarging 
of existing parks; provided, however, that in no case shall any 
expenditure be made in excess of the amount previously appro- 
priated for such purpose. 

Src. 91. Said board may employ a secretary, who may be one 
of its own members, at a salary not exceeding five hundred dollars 
per annum. It shall have power to appoint or employ such super- 
intendents, engineers, and other officers and employes as it may 
deem necessary, and shall prescribe and define their respective 
powers, duties, and authority, and shall fix and regulate the com- 
pensation to be paid to the several persons so employed. It may 
call on the department of public works for such services from the 
city engineer as it may deem necessary. 

Sec. 92. The board of finance shall annually appropriate a sum 
of money, not exceeding six thousand dollars, for the care and 
maintenance of East Rock park, and an additional sum of money, 
not exceeding twelve thousand dollars, for the care of all other 
parks under the charge of said board. 


DEPARTMENT oF Pusiic HEALTH. 


Src. 93. There shall be a department of public health in said 
city, under the care and control of a board of health, consisting of 
five members, two of whom shall be physicians. Said board shall 
choose a president, who shall be at the head of said department. 
All members of said board shall .be residents of said city and shall 
serve without compensation. The members of the board of health 
holding office at the time when this act takes effect shall continue 
to hold office until the terms for which they have been appointed 
expire unless they be sooner removed in accordance with the pro- 
visions of this act. In the month of June, 1900, and in every 
June thereafter, the mayor shall appoint one member of said board 
to hold office for a term of five years from the first day of July 
next following his appointment. 

So. 94. Said board shall have and exercise throughout the city 
and town of New Haven and over the navigable waters adjacent 
thereto all the jurisdiction, power, privileges, and duties now by 
law vested in and imposed upon the town health officers in this 
state in their respective towns. Said board shall have the power to 
inspect food stufts offered for sale within the limits of the city and 
town and regulate the sale of the same so far as the sanitary interest 
of the community is involved. It shall regulate the sale of milk 
by licensing for a reasonable fee the vendors of the same, and may 
destroy such breadstuffs, including milk and other property, when 
it is detrimental to the public health. Said board shall abate 
nuisances at the expense of the owner whenever their orders are 


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neglected beyond a reasonable time, and said board shall for such 
acts have power to place a lien on the property involved, for the 
expense incurred in carrying out such abatement, which liens shall 
take precedence over all other encumbrances except taxes and liens 
of prior date. Said board may, from time to time, make such 
by-laws, rules, regulations, and orders as in its judgment the pre- 
servation of the public health shall require, to be enforced in the 
same manner as city ordinances, which by-laws, rules, regulations, 
and orders shall be of full force and effect throughout the entire 
fifteen wards of said city; provided, the same be not inconsistent 
with the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States 
or with the charter or ordinances of said city; and provided, that 
said board shall in no case impose a penalty of more than one 
hundred dollars for a single violation of any by-law, and that no 
suit or process shall be brought for such violation unless said 
by-laws have been published at least four times in some daily news- 
paper printed in said city, before such violation occurred. There 
shall be no appeal from any action of said board to the county 
health officer, nor shall he have power to veto or annul any orders 
of said board.—Amended by Act of Legislature, May 29, 1901. 

Sec. 95. Said board shall employ at the expense of said city a 
health officer, with such powers and duties as said board may pre- 
scribe; and may also appoint such number of assistant health 
officers or inspectors, clerks, and plumbing inspectors, with such 
duties and powers as said board may prescribe, and may fix their 
compensation subject to the approval of the board of finance. 

Src. 96. It is hereby made the duty of the department of police 
to render, upon the request of said board, certified by the clerk and 
approved by the mayor, such assistance in the enforcement of its 
by-laws, rules, regulations, and orders as said request may specify. 

Sec. 97. In case of the sudden spread of contagious diseases, 
said board may, with the advice and consent of the mayor, make all 
expenditures which it may deem necessary, until the board of 
finance shall have taken action in the premises. ‘ 


DEPARTMENT OF THE Pusiic LipRary. 


Src. 98. The city may maintain a public library and reading 
room, with such kindred and incident conveniences as it may deem 
proper, the use of which under proper regulations shall be free to 
its inhabitants. 

Src. 99. There shall be in said city a department of the public 
library, which shall be under the management and control of a 
board of library directors. Said board of directors shall have 
charge of all the property of said city used for the purposes of said 
library, and shall direct the expenditures of all money placed at its 
disposal by the city, from whatever source derived. Said board 
shall consist of nine directors, who shall be residents of said city 
and serve without pay. The members of said board of directors 
holding office when this act takes effect shall continue to hold their 
respective offices until the term for which they were appointed 


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shall expire, unless sooner removed for cause in accordance with 
the provisions of the charter of said city. In January, 1900, and 
in every third year thereafter, the mayor shall appoint one director 
who shall hold office for three years from the date of his appoint- 
ment; and in January, 1901, and every third year thereafter, and 
in January, 1902, and every third year thereafter, the mayor shall 
appoint three directors to hold office for three years from the date 
of their appointment. In January, 1902, and annually in said 
month thereafter, the mayor shall also appoint two directors of said 
library to hold office for the remainder of said year, who shall be 
members of the board of aldermen.—Amended by Act of Legis- 
lature, June 14, 1901. 

Src. 100. Said board of directors shall make and enforce such 
rules and regulations as it may deem proper, for the management, 
protection, and preservation of the property of said library. They 
shall have power, with the consent of the court of common council, 
to make a contract or contracts on behalf of and in the name of said 
city with the New Haven Young Men’s Institute, and with any 
trustee or trustees now or hereafter holding property for the benefit 
of said institute, or any part thereof, for the use and occupation of 
any property of said institute and of any property so held in trust 
for any of the purposes aforesaid. 

Src. 101. Said board shall appoint and remove such officers and 
employes as it may deem necessary for the proper management of 
said library and reading-room, and shall fix the duties and compen- 
sations of such officers and employes. 

Src. 102. The board of finance of the city of New Haven shall 
annually appropriate a sum of money, not exceeding twenty thou- 
sand dollars, for the purpose aforesaid, and may from time to time 
appropriate, in addition thereto, sums of money for building pur- 
poses, repairs, or improvements in real estate, not exceeding twenty- 
five thousand dollars in any five years. All moneys which have 
been or shall be appropriated, and all moneys received from any 
other source for such purposes, shall be kept by the treasurer of 
said city, as a separate fund to be paid out only on the order of the 
board of directors herein provided for. All such orders shall be 
signed by the mayor or the president of the board of directors, and 
countersigned by the treasurer of the library. All bills and vouchers 
for expenses incurred shall be kept on file in said library, subject 
to inspection by the city controller, the corporation counsel, and any 
member of the board of directors of said library. The board of 
directors of said library shall in no year expend any money in excess 
of the money appropriated for the use of said library. 

Src. 103. Said board of directors may make rules, extending, 
upon such terms and under such conditions as to the board may 
seem best, all the privileges of said library to any or all of the fol- 
lowing classes of persons, viz.: First, to non-residents attending 
school or college within the limits of said city of New Haven, 
second, to non-residents doing business in said city of New Haven 
who pay taxes therein; third, persons who are residents of the 
borough of West Haven, provided said borough shall make an ap- 


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propriation for the benefit of said library which shall be satisfactory 
to the board of directors; fourth, to all non-residents on the pay- 
ment of such sums as may be fixed by the board of directors. 


DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 


Sro. 104. There shall be in said city a department of education, 
which shall have the care and management of all the affairs of 
the New Haven city school district. After this act takes effect no 
meeting of the New Haven city school district shall be held for 
any purpose whatever. 

Src. 105. Said department shall be under the control of a board 
of education of seven members who shall serve without compensa- 
tion. The members of the board of education in office at the time 
this act takes effect shall hold their respective offices during the 
terms for which they were appointed unless sooner removed for 
cause according to the provisions of this act. On or before the first 
day of September, 1899, the mayor shall appoint two members of 
said board to serve four years from the third Monday in September 
next following; on or before the first day of September, 1900, the 
mayor shall appoint two members of said board to serve four years 
from the third Monday of September next following; on or before 
the first day of September, 1901, he shall appoint two members of 
said board to serve for four years from the third Monday of Sep- 
tember next following; and on or before the first day of Septem- 
ber, 1902, said mayor shall appoint one member of said board to 
serve for a period of four years from the third Monday of Septem- 
ber next following. And on or before the first day of September 
in every year thereafter the mayor shall fill the vacancies about to 
occur in said board by appointing one or two members, as the case 
may be, to serve for four years from the third Monday in Septem- 
ber following their appointment. Not more than four members of 
the same political party shall at any one time be members of said 
board. The mayor shall fill all vacancies caused by death, resigna- 
tion, or otherwise, by appointment, for the unexpired term. If the 
mayor shall refuse, fail, or neglect for thirty days to make an ap- 
pointment to fill any vacancy that may occur in said board, either 
by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, then the remaining 
members of said board may elect a suitable person to fill such 
vacancy. 

Src. 106. The board of education shall appoint a superintendent 
of schools, and shall decide the number of principals, assistants, and 
teachers to be employed. It may appoint or employ a secretary, an 
inspector of buildings, and such other officers and employes as may 
be necessary for the proper conduct of its business. It shall fix 
their terms of office and their salaries and prescribe their duties in 
each case, except as hereinafter provided. The officers and employes 
of the New Haven city school district, at the time of taking effect 
of this act, shall retain their respective offices until their successors 
shall be chosen, and the rules and regulations of the board of 
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remain in full force until repealed. Said board shall have the 
entire charge and direction of all the public schools of said district, 
and of the expenditure of all moneys appropriated for the support 
of the same, and shall have charge of the construction, management, 
and repair of all school buildings, and shall possess all other powers 
and be subject to all of the general duties of boards of education, 
school committees, and school visitors in this state, so far as the 
same are consistent with the terms of this act. It shall annually 
choose a president from among its own members, make its own 
by-laws, keep a journal of its proceedings, define the duties of its 
officers and committees, and prescribe such rules and regulations 
for discipline in said public schools as are not inconsistent with the 
laws of the state. 

Src. 107. The superintendent of schools, if he has not held the 
office before, shall be appointed for one year, and if continued in 
office thereafter may be appointed for a term of five years, and his 
salary shall not be reduced before the expiration of said term of 
five years. He shall not be removed during said term except by 
the vote of five members of the board of education. He shall 
appoint from those eligible under the rules of the board all 
principals, assistants, and teachers necessary to fill positions author- 
ized by the board. He shall assign all principals, assistants, and 
teachers to their respective positions and re-assign them or dismiss 
them from office at his discretion. He shall report at each meeting 
of the board all appointments, re-assignments, and dismissals made 
by him since the previous meeting. Any appointment by the 
superintendent may be rejected by a vote of five members of the 
board. Any dismissal by the superintendent shall be final unless 
reversed by a vote of five members of the board at the meeting 
when such dismissal is reported. Notice of dismissal on the part 
of the superintendent shall be given to the principal, assistant, or 
teacher by the superintendent in writing at least one week before 
the meeting of the board when the superintendent reports such 
dismissal. He shall, with the approval of the board of education, 
prescribe the courses of study in all the schools, but the text-books 
to be used in said courses shall be designated by the board. The 
superintendent shall annually, at a date to be fixed by the board, 
submit to the board a full report of the work and condition of the 
schools during the previous’ year, with recommendations for the 
ensuing year, which report, when accepted by the board, shall form 
part of its report to the mayor. He shall also report, each month 
during the school year, to the board in writing, any changes made 
in the several courses of study, and what principals, assistants, and 
teachers he has assigned, re-assigned, or dismissed, and shall furnish 
such additional information regarding the condition of the schools 
and the efficiency of the teaching force as may be required by the 
board. Said monthly reports shall be entered in a suitable book 
provided for the purpose, and shall be kept as a part of the records 
of the department. 

Src. 108. The treasurer of the city shall receive the amount of 
schooi money to which the district is entitled from the school 


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moneys of the state, from the town of New Haven, from state 
appropriations for school purposes, from gifts, and from the tax 
laid within the district for school purposes, which moneys shall be 
subject to the order of the board of education under such rules and 
regulations as the board of finance may from time to time establish. 

Src. 109. The board of education shall submit to the board of 
finance of the city, at the time fixed by law for the submission of 
the estimates of the other departments of said city, a detailed 
estimate of its expenses for the next year for which the appropria- 
tions for city purposes are by law required to be made, specify- 
ing separately the sums needed for current and special expenses. 

Sro. 110. Said board of finance shall annually appropriate for 
the purpose of said district such amount as it may deem necessary 
for such purposes. Appropriations made for school sites and the 
building and furnishing of new schoolhouses or additions to old 
ones shall be known as the special school fund, and it shall be the 
duty of the board of education to cause accurate accounts to be 
kept of its receipts and expenditures, distinguishing between those 
of a general and those of a special character. The board of finance 
shall levy, for school purposes, a tax upon all property within said 
district as now or hereafter constituted. 

Src. 111. The board of education shall have power to maintain 
one or two high schools, as it may deem advisable, and a manual 
training school, and it shall determine the number and location of 
primary and grammar schools, but no expenditure involving any 
expense to the city of New Haven or the New Haven city school 
district for the purchase of ground or the erection of schoolhouses 
shall be made until a special appropriation for that purpose shall 
have been made. 

Suc. 112. Said board shall annually, at a date to be fixed by the 
mayor, transmit to the mayor a full report of its proceedings 
during the previous year, together with a statement of its receipts 
and expenditures, specifying those on account of current expenses, 
and special expenses for land and buildings respectively, with such 
other details as the mayor may from time to time require. 

Src. 113. Said board shall have power to divide the school dis- 
trict into as many sub-districts as it may deem advisable, for the 
purpose of determining the limits within which children may 
attend each school. ; 

Sec. 114. The city of New Haven, upon the recommendation 
of the board of education, shall have power to take sites for school- 
houses, or for the enlargement of sites already acquired, in the 
manner provided*by law.for the taking of land for public parks. 

Src. 115. The title to all property, legal or equitable, owned by 
such district, or which may hereafter be acquired for school pur- 
poses in said district, is hereby vested in the board of education, as 
trustee for said New Haven city school district. 

Src. 116. The Westville school district and the South school 
district are excepted from the provisions hereof. Whenever the 
electors of either the Westville school district or the South school 
district in the town and city of New Haven shall, by a majority 


vote in district meeting, in the manner provided for the admission 
of the different wards in section 218 of this act, express their desire 
to have their district annexed to the New Haven city school dis- 
trict, said vote shall be certified to the board of education of the 
New Haven city school district, and said board shall then, by a 
proper vote, declare the district in question to be a part of the New 
Haven city school district, and it shall thereafter be included in 
said New Haven city school district, and be governed by all the 
provisions of this act relating to said district. 


Orvit Service Boarp. 


Src. 117. The chiefs of police and fire departments and three 
citizens, who shall serve without pay and be appointed by the 
mayor, shall constitute a civil service board. The necessary 
expenses of said board shall be paid by the city after approval by 
the board of finance. All citizens now members of said civil 
service board shall continue to be members of said board during 
the terms for which they were appointed unless sooner removed 
for cause under the provisions of this act. In the month of Decem- 
ber, 1900, and biennially thereafter in the month of December, the 
mayor shall appoint a member of said civil service board for a 
term of six years from. the first day of January next succeeding 
his appointment. Not more than two of the citizen members 
appointed by the mayor shall at any time be members of the same 
political party, and neither of such citizen members shall hold any 
other city ofice.—Amended by Act of Legislature, April 9, 1901. 

Src. 118. It shall be the duty of said board to prescribe rules 
for ascertaining the competency of applicants for position or pro- 
motion in the police and fire departments, and for all positions in 
the city government except the elective officers, commissioners, 
officials appointed by the mayor, superintendents and principals 
and teachers employed by the board of education. Said board 
shall, under such rules as it may adopt, hold competitive examina- 
tions as a basis for recommendations respecting any such positions 
or promotions. Said board shall also adopt such rules as it may 
deem effective providing for the registration and selection of all 
laborers to be employed by the city, which shall relate only to 
their capacity for labor, their habits as to industry, honesty, and 
sobriety, and. the number of persons dependent on them for sup- 

ort. 

Sec. 119. Whenever said board shall have adopted rules rela- 
tive to the appointment or promotion of any class*of such officials, 
no appointments or promotions within such class shall be made, 
except from those who shall have passed an examination of at least 
seventy per.centum and have received a certificate to that effect 
from said board, and are upon the list of those eligible to such 
position or promotion, under the rules of said board. And after 
the adoption of such rules no removals shall be made of persons 
holding positions in any department of the city, subject to the pro- 
visions of such rules, except for sufficient canse duly shown, which 
cause shall not be political. 


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Sno. 120. Any appointment or removal made in violation of 
the provisions of section 119 shall be null and void; and it is hereby 
made the duty of the controller of the city to ascertain and make 
record of all appointments lawfully made in accordance with the 
provisions of said section 119, and he shall make no payments of 
salary or other compensation to persons within the classes pre- 
scribed in section 118, otherwise appointed. And said controller 
shall be chargeable by the city with all moneys unlawfully paid to 
persons appointed in violation of the provisions of said section 119. 

Seo. 121. Any violation of any of the provisions of the forego- 
ing sections relating to civil service and appointments thereunder 
shall be a misdemeanor, and any official found guilty of such 
arr may be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred 
dollars. | 

Sxo. 122. The civil service board as at present organized shall 
continue until January, 1902, when, and biennially thereafter, said 
board shall elect from its members a president. It shall also 
choose a secretary, whose duty it shall be to attend all meetings of 
the board, keep correct records of the same, prepare and keep on 
file in the office of the controller lists of those eligible for the sev- 
eral departments and clerical positions, send out official notices, 
and perform such other official duties as may be required of him 
by the said board. He shall receive such salary as the board may 
fix, not to exceed five hundred dollars per annum. Said president 
and secretary shall hold their respective offices for two years from 
the date of their election and until their successors are duly elected 
and qualified.—Amended by Act of Legislature, March 21, 1901. 

Sxo. 128. It shall be the duty of the secretary of said board to 
certify to the controller all lists of those eligible for appointment, 
giving names, ages, street addresses, nationality, examination 
grades, and to what positions each one is eligible. Such certifica- 
tions shall be made within twenty-four hours after such lists shall 
have been made out by the board. Said secretary shall also place 
a duplicate copy of each of such eligible lists, within twenty-four 
hours after it shall have been made out by the board, in a position 
in the office of said controller easily accessible to the public, and 
shall keep each of such lists on file at least six months from and 
after the date of its origin. 

Sxo. 124. Public notice shall be given of all competitive exam- 
inations required under the several foregoing sections by one adver- 
tisement inserted in each of the daily newspapers issued in the city 
of New Haven, which advertisement in each of said papers shall 
be not less than five days prior to the date set for each of such 
examinations so advertised. 


Court oF Common CouUNCIL. 


Seo. 125. There shall be a court of common council in said 
city, consisting of a board of aldermen, which shall include all of 
the aldermen, and a board of councilmen, which shall inelude all 
of the councilmen, which boards shall meet separately, and said 


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court shall, with the approval of the mayor, or over his veto, as 
hereinbefore provided, exercise all of the powers conferred upon 
said city, except as otherwise provided. 

Src. 126. At the beginning of each municipal year, each of 
said boards of the court of common council shall elect, from among 
its own members, a president, who shall preside at the meetings of 
his board. In case of the death, resignation, removal, absence, or 
disability of its president, either board may elect a president pro 
tempore. 

Src. 127. Regular meetings of said boards shall be held at such 
times as may be fixed by the city ordinances; and said boards may 
be especially convened at any time by the mayor, and, upon a 
petition of the majority of either of said boards, in writing, filed 
with the city clerk, a meeting of such board shall be called. Said 
board may determine the rules of its proceedings, in conformity 
with the general principles of parliamentary law, punish its mem- 
bers for disorderly behavior, and, by a vote of three-fourths of its 
members, expel a member for due cause. A majority of all of the 
members of each of said boards shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of business, and the vote upon any question shall be 
taken by yeas and nays at the request of one-fifth of the members 
present. 

Src. 128. Whenever any meeting of either of said boards shall 
have been regularly called and no quorum shall be present, those 
members present may, by vote, request the mayor of said city or 
the presiding officer of said board to issue, and, upon such request, 
the said mayor or presiding officer shall issue a warrant signed by 
him, directed to the city sheriff of said city, or to the sheriff of 
New Haven county, or some one of his deputies, to arrest and 
bring into such meeting such members of said board as will, 
together with those present, constitute a quorum; and, at any 
meeting of said board, those members shall have the power to 
make any orders to compel the attendance of other members, and 
any one of the officers above mentioned shall obey such orders, 
upon request, and summon such assistance as may be necessary to 
carry such orders into effect. Each of said boards may also 
appoint a page, at a salary not to exceed fifty dollars per annum, 
who shall attend all the meetings of said board, and perform such 
other duties as may be required of him by said board. 

Src. 129. No by-law or ordinance shall be put upon its passage 
until it shall have been printed for examination, and no by-law or 
ordinance shall be put upon its passage until it shall have been 
referred to and reported by a suitable committee after a public 
hearing. No other vote, resolution, or measure, except reports 
from the director of public works concerning assessments, shall be 
put upon its passage, except by unanimous consent, until it shall 
have been referred to and reported by a suitable committee after a 
public hearing. No ordinance shall be of force or effect until it 
shall have been published at least three times in all of the daily 
papers published in said city, nor until one week after its enact- 
ment. 


Src. 130. All elections to any office or position within the gift 
of said court or either of said boards shall be made by weva voce 
vote, except as herein otherwise provided. 

Seo. 131. The presiding officers of the board of aldermen, 
board of councilmen, of the several committees of said boards, and 
of the several boards of commissioners, and the director of public 
works, shall respectively have power to compel the attendance and 
testimony of witnesses before their respective boards, committees, 
and departments over which they preside, by the issue of subpoenas 
and the administration of oaths in the manner and according to the 
rules governing the same in courts of justice; and when it shall be 
necessary to secure the attendance or testimony of witnesses betore 
said boards, committees, departments, or director of public works, 
such presiding officers and such director of public works shall have 
the right to apply to the court of common pleas, or to the superior 
court, for an order compelling any witness so summoned before 
them to testify ; which courts shall have the power to issue sub- 
poenas and to enforce the presence and testimony of all witnesses 
summoned, in the same way and to the same extent as they now 
have power to enforce and compel the presence and testimony of 
witnesses in each of said courts. 

Sro. 132. The city of New Haven shall be a highway district, 
and the court of common council shall have sole and exclusive 
authority and control over all streets and highways, now or nere- 
after existing within the limits of said city, and shall have sole and 
exclusive power to lay out, make, or order new highways and 
streets within the limits of said city, and to alter, repair, and dis- 
continue all highways and streets now or hereafter existing within 
the limits of said city. No person shall open, within the limits of 
said city, any public or private way, except under and by virtue of 
an order of said court of common council. Said court of common 
council is hereby authorized and empowered to order, lay out, con- 
struct, repair, and alter public squares, parks, streets, highways, 
sewers, gutters, drains, bridges, and walks, except as herein other- 
wise provided, whenever and wherever, in the opinion of said court 
of common council, the public good shall so require, and to order 
the paving, macadamizing. or other improvement of any street, 
alley, or highway within said city. Said court of common council 
is also authorized and empowered to construct and maintain 
wharves and docks; provided, that no wharf or dock shall be 
extended beyond the harbor line; and if, in the construction of 
any such wharf or dock, it is necessary to take any of the rights or 
property of individuals, and it cannot agree with said individuals 
upon the price to be paid for the same, they may exercise all the 
powers of eminent domain. The department of public works shall 
execute, and is hereby empowered to execute, all orders of the 
court of common council with reference to the matters contained 
in this section. The court of common council may, upon the 
execution of any order for the paving, macadamizing, or other 
improvement of any street or highway within said city, or upon 
the construction or alteration of any public sewer or other public 


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work, assess upon the persons whose property is in the judgment of 
said court especially benefited thereby, after reference to the board 
of compensation, and report thereon, as hereinbefore provided, a 
proportional and reasonable part thereof, and shall estimate the 
particular amount of such expense to be paid by every such person 
upon such assessment. In estimating such reasonable part of the 
expense of any sewer, the cost of constructing any main or trunk 
sewer, into and through which such other sewer is discharged, may 
be taken into consideration. 

Sec. 183. The court of common council of said city is hereby 
authorized and empowered to take, occupy, and appropriate, for 
the purpose ot drainage and sewerage of said city, at such times 
and in such manner as the health and convenience of said city may, 
in the opinion of the court, require, any and all water-courses, 
natural and artificial, or any portion thereof, within said city, 
except West river, which may be used solely for the purpose of 
recelving storm overflow from the Boulevard sewer; to deepen, 
clear out, alter, or straighten the same, or any portion thereof, 
for the purposes aforesaid ; to establish the bounds thereof within 
which it shall not be lawful for any person to place any building, 
part of a building, wall, dam, or obstruction, without a special 
license from said court of common council first had and obtained ; 
to remove all buildings, parts of buildings, walls, dams, earth, 
stones, rubbish, and obstructions of every kind that may be situated 
within the bounds of said water-courses, to be designated as afore- 
said; to construct sewers or other artificial channels for the flow of 
said water, and to remove all obstructions to the passage of water 
in the said water-courses, sewers, or channels; also to raise, fill up, 
and drain low grounds. 

Src. 1384. Said court of common council shall have supervision 
over all bridges crossing railroads in said city, and may, from time 
to time order the building, widening, or repairing of such bridges 
in such manner and within such times as in its judgment public 
convenience may require; and in case any railroad company, whose 
road is crossed by such bridge, shall neglect to obey such order, said 
court of common council may cause the required building, widen- 
iug, or repairing to be executed at the expense of said city, and the 
treasurer of said city may then collect the amount of such expense 
from such delinquent company. Any order of said common coun- 
cil made hereunder shall be subject to appeal to the superior court by 
any railroad eompany affected thereby, by notice to said city of 
such appeal, given within thirty days from the service of such 
order upon such railroad company. 

Src. 135. Said court of common council may take by the right 
of eminent domain, in the name of the city, any property or prop- 
erty rights which may be needed for the purpose of laying out, 
extending, or widening any street, or park, or for the purpose of 
constructing or protecting any sewer, drain, or other property, or 
for the purpose of any public building, or for the successful prose- 
cution and management of the almshouse and the property con. 
nected therewith, upon payment of just compensation under the 
rules governing the right of eminent domain. 


Sreo. 186. The director of public works shall provide for the 
watering and sprinkling of all streets and highways within the 
original twelve wards of said city, and shall provide in like manner 
for the watering and sprinkling of the streets and highways for the 
remaining portion of said city whenever the same shall come under 
the full jurisdiction of said city in accordance with the provisions 
of the charter of said city. Within the distance along any street or 
highway to be watered under the authority of this section, so much 
of said street or highway from side to side, shall be watered as shall 
be ordered by said director of public works. The actual cost of water- 
ing the whole or any part of any street or highway under this sec- 
tion shall be paid, except as hereinafter provided, by said city. 
Every street railway company operating a street railway upon any 
part of a street or highway shall itself sprinkle with water so much 
of the width of said part of said street or highway as is included 
within its tracks and a space of two feet on the outer side of the outer 
rails thereof, such sprinkling to be done at such times and in a 
manner satisfactory to the director of public works. Said city shall 
furnish the water used by such company for sprinkling, free of 
expense to such company. And said director of public works shall 
have power to contract with any street railway company, or with 
any person or persons, for the sprinkling with water of the streets 
and highways to be watered under this act; and said director of 
public works shall have the power to obtain and furnish, to such 
street railway company, or other person with whom it has contracted, 
under this section, water to be used in sprinkling the streets or 
highways in said city. Should any street railway company fail to 
sprinkle the streets or highways over which its lines are operated, 
as provided in this section, in a manner satisfactory to the director 
of public works, said director of public works shall provide for the 
sprinkling of such streets or highways for the remainder of the 
season, and the court of common council shall assess against the 
property of such railway company the actual cost of watering such 
parts of the streets or highways as have been neglected by such 
street railway company. ‘The assessment upon the property of such 
railway company shall be made in the manner provided for assess- 
ing benefits occasioned by public works in said city, and shall be 
collected in the same manner that city taxes are collected. 

Such assessments shall be and remain a lien upon the land or 
other property assessed by said court of common council as afore- 
said ; provided, that such lien shall not remain for a longer period 
than sixty days after such actual expense has been ascertained, and 
the owner of such property notified, unless the tax collector shall 
file with the town clerk of the town of New Haven a certificate 
signed by him describing the property on which the lien exists and 
the amount claimed as a lien thereon; and the city of New Haven 
may collect the amount assessed against any street railway com- 
pany in accordance with the provisions of this act by suit at law in 
any proper court. The assessments for street sprinkling, for 
sewers, and for street pavements, under the act on page 565 of the 
special acts of 1895, and the amendments thereto, need not be 


advertised in any newspaper, but all such assessments shall be valid 
and of full foree whenever the city clerk of said city shall have 
deposited in the post-office a letter or postal card addressed to the 
owner of the abutting property and to the street railroad company, 
against which any assessment may have been laid, notifying such 
owner or railroad company of the amount of any such assessment. 
—Amended by Act of Legislature, June 17, 1901. 

Src. 137. The court of common council shall have power by 
majority vote of all the members of each branch thereof, present or 
absent, with the written approval of the mayor, or over his veto, as 
herein provided, to make, alter, and repeal orders or resolutions 
not inconsistent with law or with the provisions of this act; to 
enact, alter, or repeal ordinances to be called the Ordinances of the 
City of New Haven; and to prescribe penalties not exceeding a 
fine of one hundred dollars for any violation of the same, and the 
mode of enforcing such penalties; which orders, resolutions, or 
ordinances may be for any of the following purposes, to wit: 

(a) To manage, regulate, and control all city property; to 
authorize the purchase or sale of property in the name of the city; 
and to provide for .the form and manner of making contracts ; to 
regulate the collection and enforcement of taxes and liens and the 
borrowing of money by the city for any purposes for which said 
court is authorized to lay taxes; and to provide for the adjustment 
of claims against said city, and for the payment of the same. 

(b) To preserve the public peace and order; to prevent and 
quell disorderly assemblages; to punish the resistance, hindrance, 
or obstruction of public officers in the discharge of their duty; to 
prevent vice; to suppress gambling houses, houses of ill-fame, and 
disorderly -houses. 

(c) To protect said city from fire and unsafe buildings, and to 
regulate the construction and materials of buildings, and the use of 
property so as to prevent the starting and spread of fire; to regu- 
late the cleansing of chimneys; to establish and designate districts 
of said city as fire districts within which it shall not be lawful to 
erect, enlarge, or elevate, or within which it shall not be lawful to 
remove any wooden buildings except by license issued in such 
manner as said court of common council may provide; to prohibit 
the erection or use and require the destruction or repair of unsafe 
buildings; to regulate and provide for the safe and convenient 
egress in the case of fire or other accident from theaters or other 
buildings designed in whole or part for public use; and to prohibit 
manufacturing, keeping, and sale of firearms, explosives, and 
inflammable materials, or the conveyance thereof through the 
streets of said city; to regulate the erection and use of stationary 
and portable steam boilers, and to license competent persons to 
manage the same; to make, maintain, and regulate public hydrants, 
and to provide the same with water; to protect the same from 
injury, and to prevent an unnecessary waste of water; to protect 
from injury fire alarm telegraphs in said city; to regulate the use 
and construction of electrical plants and wires on which electricity 
- is conducted within said city; and to protect public gas and other 
public lamps therein. 


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(d) To establish building lines in the streets and ways of said 
city beyond which it shall not be legal to erect buildings or other 
structures ; to provide for the laying out, grading, discontinuing, 
altering, paving, opening, improving, lighting, and making and 
repairing highways, streets, walks, squares, parks, public buildings, 
drains, sewers, gutters, and for the numbering of streets, and for 
the draining and raising of low lands. 

(e) To provide for the compensation of the owners of such 
property as may be taken by the city for public uses; and to pro- 
vide for the foreclosure of all liens legally laid and filed. 

(f) To make, repair, purify, light, and keep open and safe for 
public use and travel, and free from encroachments or obstructions 
all streets and public highways, grounds, and parks, or any part 
thereof; to require sidewalks to be kept free from ice and snow; 
to regulate all shows, processions, assemblages, or parades in the 
streets and public places. . 

To regulate the speed of animals, bicycles, street cars, and 
all other vehicles; and to regulate the cleaning of their tracks by 
street railway companies. 

(h) To regulate or prohibit the running at large of animals in 
the streets or public places, and to provide for impounding the 
same. 

(i) To license and regulate public hacks, carriages, carts, sleighs, 
trucks, or other public conveyances, and the charges for the use 
thereof; to regulate and prohibit the excavation and opening of 
streets, highways, and public grounds for public and private pur- 
poses, and the regulation of any work or thing therein, whether 
temporary or permanent, upon or over the surface thereof, and the 
removal of buildings through the same; to regulate the laying of 
gas pipes, water pipes, and drains for public or private purposes in 
the streets of said city; to prevent any and all persons in said city 
from loitering on the streets or any part thereof, in or about 
entrances to public or private buildings. 

(j) To license and regulate bill posting and similar occupations. 

(k) To prevent the committing of trespasses and nuisances in 
gardens, enclosures, cemeteries, and public places. 

(1) To provide for the health of the city and to prevent and 
summarily abate nuisances of any kind; to establish quarantine 
regulations; to regulate the burial and disinterment of the dead. 

(m) To regulate the planting, protection, and removal of trees. 

(n) To prevent nuisances and summarily abate the same at the 
expense of the person maintaining them; to prevent the erection 
or use of any building within said city for the purpose of carrying - 
- on therein any trade, manufacture, or business, which in the judg- 
ment of said court of common council shall be prejudicial to the 
public health or considered an unnecessary annoyance to those 
living or owning property in the vicinity. 

(0) To provide for the inspection of food of all kinds offered 
for sale, and to regulate the sale thereof. 

(p) To regulate trade, markets, and commerce, and weights and 
measures in conformity with the lawful standards thereof; to pro- 


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hibit, license, or regulate dealing in fruit, and the peddling of 
merchandise in the streets of said city ; to license or regulate all 
sports, exhibitions, public amusements, and performances, and 
billiard and bowling saloons in said city. 

(q) To authorize a census of the city; and to receive such 
gifts, donations, and bequests for public purposes and public trusts 
as may be accepted pursuant to the terms in section 162, and to 
agree to the conditions and terms accompanying the same. 

(r) To regulate the direction and construction of street railroads 
pursuant to the general laws of the state; to prescribe the duties 
of all officers and employes of every sort not expressly defined by 
the provisions of this act. 

(s) To require bonds from all persons undertaking work of 
dangerous character, to protect the city from any loss by reason of 
their acts or defaults. 

(t) ‘To provide for the sprinkling of streets or parts thereof, by 
the city, or for the assessment of the cost thereof against the street 
railroad company or companies occupying the street. 

(u) To require owners of property to bring connections with 
gas, water, sewer, and other pipes inside of their curb lines before 
permanent improvements in the street are made, and to provide 
for the restoration of the surface of the street to its former con- 
dition. 

(v) To license, tax, and regulate branch stores and other con- 
cerns established for temporary purposes only. 

(w) To restrain and punish vagrants and beggars; and to pre- 
vent cruelty to animals. 

(x) To provide for the manner of warning the city elections 
and meetings of the court of common council ‘and times of hold- 
ing the same ; to provide for the filling of vacancies which may 
occur in any office, except as otherwise provided; to provide for 
the appointment or election of such employes as are not otherwise 
provided for and as may be required for the proper transaction of 
the business of the city, and to prescribe their duties and compen- 
sation; to provide for the removal or expulsion of any city officer 
on account of corruption, misfeasance, or malfeasance in office, in 
addition to the methods herein provided; to provide for the 
appointment of special constables. 

(y) To regulate the conduct of elections, subject to the provi- 
sions of the general election laws of the state, pursuant to which 
all city elections shall be held. 

(z) To do all things necessary to make effectual the powers 

herein and by law conferred upon such city, except as herein other- 
wise provided. 
_ Sec. 138. Said court shall have power to prescribe the manner of 
enforcing the penalties for violation of ordinances enumerated in 
the foregoing sections, and the rules of the department of public 
health, and the rules of the department of parks by a civil action 
or forthwith process as In criminal cases. 


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RemMovaL oF OFFICERS. 


Src. 189. Municipal officers shall be liable to removal from 
office for any corrupt act or practice, malfeasance, mismanagement, 
mental incapacity, or incompetency for the proper performance of 
official duties, willful abuse of power, gross neglect of duty, extor- 
tion, receiving any gift or present from any contractor, or from 
any person seeking or engaging in any work for or furnishing 
material to the city, or from any incumbent or occupant of or can- 
didate or applicant for any municipal office, for willfully conceal- 
ing any fraud comnutted against the city, for directly or indirectly 
furnishing material or performing work other than his official 
duties for the city, for giving bond for any person holding a license 
for the sale of liquor within said city, or for any person having a 
contract with said city, or for the willful violation of any require- 
ment of the charter or ordinances. | 

Src. 140. Complaint in writing may be made to the superior 
court for New Haven county, by not less than twenty freeholders 
of said city, each of whom shall write his occupation and address 
opposite his signature, charging any municipal officer with any 
offense, setting forth facts on which said charge is founded, sup- 
ported by the oaths of at least five of the complainants, according 
to the best of their knowledge, information, and belief. If, in the 
judgment of the court, there appears to be reasonable ground for 
such proceeding, the court shall direct the complaint to be filed of 
record, and make an order upon the accused returnable on a day 
certain and within ter days from the date thereof, to appear and 
answer said complaint, which order, with copy of said complaint, 
shall be forthwith served upon the accused, or left at his last known 

lace of residence. If, on the return day of the order, the court 
shall find sufficient cause for further proceedings, it shall fix a time 
within sixty days for a full hearing of said complaint. 

Src. 141. Said court shall then cause notice to be forthwith 
given to the state’s attorney for New Haven county that said com- 
plaint is pending; and it shall be the duty of said state’s attorney 
to conduct the prosecution of said complaint, and said court shall 
make him a reasonable allowance for his services and expenses, 
which shall be paid by said city. The state’s attorney may make 
such amendments to said complaint as he may deem best, provided 
that a copy of such amendments shall be served upon the accused, 
or left at his last known place of residence, at least twenty days 
before the time fixed for said hearing. Said court shall proceed 
with said hearing to final judgment with as little delay as possible. 
If the court shall find any charge in said complaint proven, and if 
it shall deem the offense sufficient, it shall enter judgment removy- 
ing the accused from office, and the person so removed shall not be 
eligible to any office under said city government for a term of five 
years from the date of his removal. At any time after the charges 
are first brought to the attention of the court, it may, if in the 
judgment of the court sufficient reason exists for so doing, suspend 
the accused from office until it makes further order in the premises. 


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Src. 142. One or more of the persons bringing such complaint 
shall give bond with surety to the satisfaction of the clerk of the 
superior court, in the amount of five hundred dollars, conditioned 
for the payment of such costs and charges as may be required of 
the complainants by the order of the court. If, after final hear- 
ing, the court shall be satisfied that no sufficient reason existed 
for the bringing of said complaint, it may require of the complain- © 
ants the payment of such sum as it may deem best, not exceeding 
five hundred dollars, which amount may be paid to the accused as 
an allowance for the expenses of his defense, or to said city for its 
expenses, or the sum allowed may be divided between the accused 
and said city, as the court may in its discretion order. - 

Src. 148. Nothing contained in the last four sections shall be 
construed to limit or change any of the powers or duties concern- 
ing the removal or suspension from office of officers or employes of 
said city, as defined in other provisions of this act, nor shall any- 
thing in said section prevent any city official from being prosecuted 
for the violation of any criminal law of this state or of any ordi- 
nance of said city. 

Sno. 144. No witness shall be excused from testifying in any 
criminal proceeding, or in any investigation or inquiry authorized 
by this act, touching his knowledge of any offense committed 
against the provisions of this act. But such testimony shall not be 
used against him in any criminal prosecution whatever, and the ac- 
cused shall not be convicted of any offense specitied by this act, in 
any court, on the testimony of an accomplice, unless the same be 
corroborated by other evidence or by the circumstances of the case. 


MiscELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 


Src. 145. All officers of said city, unless prevented by death, 
inability, or suspension, or removal, shall hold their respective offices 
until their successors shall be chosen and shall have duly qualified. 

Src. 146. Every officer of said city chosen by the electors or 
appointed by the mayor or by the court of common council shall be 
a resident elector of said city. Nothing herein contained shall pre- 
vent the appointment of a woman to the board of education, nor 
shall this section apply to clerical assistance. 

Src. 147. No person shall be chosen by the electors of said city 
to fill any office of the city or town who is not nominated 
for said office at least ten days before the day of the election at 
which he is to be voted for; provided, however, that, if any person 
who shall have been nominated for any such office shall die or re- 
fuse to accept the nomination before the election at which he was 
to have been voted for, a new nomination may be made at any time 
before such election. The only legal evidence of any nomination 
shall be the written statement, or a duly certified copy thereof, 
filed with the city clerk, signed by the authorized representatives 
of the party or persons by whom such nomination is made. No 
person elected to any office in violation of the provisions of this 
section shall be deemed legally entitled thereto. 

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each department, and every executive officer not connected with 
any department, shall submit to the board of finance an estimate of 
. the expenses of such department or office for the ensuing year, be- 
ginning on the first day of January next following, ‘stating in 
detail, so far as possible, the purposes for which such expenses will 
be incurred. 

Src. 149. Whenever any office of said city, filled by appoint- 
ment, shall become vacant by reason of the death, resignation, 
inability, disability, or removal of the person appointed to fill the 
same, said vacancy may be filled by the authority which made the 
former appointment. If said last incumbent was appointed for a 
definite term, his successor shall be appointed for the unexpired 
portion of said term. 

Src. 150. All taxes laid by said city or town or by the New 
Haven city school district shall become due and payable on the first 
day of July next after they are laid, and if any of said taxes remain 
unpaid on the first day of September next after they become due, 
interest thereon from the day when they became due until they are 
paid, at the rate of nine per centum per annum, shall be collected. 

Src. 151. All liens which are now recorded against property in 
said city shall bear interest from the date when this act takes effect 
at the rate of six per centum per annum, and all lens which shall 
hereafter be placed upon property shall bear interest at the rate of 
six per centum per annum from the date when the certificate of lien 
is filed with the town clerk. 

Src. 152. Every officer of said city shall, before entering upon 
the duties of his office, make oath in the following form, namely: 
I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully and impartially 
perform the duties of the office of ..... to the best of my ability 
and according to law, and that I will at all times strive to use the 
power entrusted to me as such officer for the best interests of the 
city. 

Sro. 153. No officer or employe of said city shall directly or 
indirectly furnish any materials to said city, or be directly or indi- 
rectly employed to do any work (except his official duty) for said 
city. All officers of said city shall serve without pay, except as 
otherwise expressly provided. 

Src. 154. No public improvement of any kind shall be ordered 
by the court of common council, or other authority having power 
to authorize the same, until an appropriation for said improvement 
has been duly made. 

Sec. 155. The bonds of all city officers shall be taken to the city 
of New Haven, conditioned for the faithful performance of the 
duties of the oftice according to law. The form of each bond shall 
be to the satisfaction of the board of finance, and no person or cor- 
poration shall be accepted by said board of finance as surety on such 
bond except some corporation authorized by the law of this state 
to give bonds and become surety for bonds of municipal and other 
officials. The expense of all bonds required by this act shall be 
paid by the city. 

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or for supplies to be furnished to said city, except for the furnish- 
ing of light, water, or telephone service, and except as in this act 
otherwise provided, and all sales of personal property in the custody 
of the several departments, boards, or officers of said city shall be 
made by the departments, boards, or by the officers having the sub- 
ject matter in charge. Whenever any work is necessary to be done 
to execute or perfect a particular undertaking, or any supply is 
needful for any particular purpose, and the several parts of said 
work or supply shall together involve the expenditure of more than 
two hundred and fifty dollars, a written contract for such work or 
supply shall be made, under such regulations as the court of com- 
mon council may by ordinance establish, and under the rules of the 
department, board or office in question, which contract shall be 

“founded on sealed bids or proposals, except for architect’s services 
or where the supplies or the work needed can only be furnished by 
one party, made in compliance with public notice, duly advertised 
by publication, at least ten days before the time fixed for opening 
said bids or proposals. If the department, board, or the officer in 
question shall not deem it for the interest of the city to reject all 
bids, the department, board, or such officer shall award the contract 
to the lowest responsible bidder; provided, however, that if the 
department, board, or officer in question shall not deem it practica- 
ble or for the best interests of the city to proceed as above required 
for any particular work or the obtaining of any particular supply, 
a written statement to that effect shall be made, giving reasons and 
the manner in which, in the opinion of said department, board, or 
officer, the work should be done, or the supply obtained, and sub- 
mit the statement to the court of common council, which shall take 
such action in the matter as it shall decide to be for the best inter- 
ests of the city; provided, however, that all street cleaning, general 
repairs, and general maintenance of the highways in said city may 
be performed at the expense of said city under the supervision of 
the proper department thereof without calling for any bids or 
making any contract. 

The form of each contract, which shall include the specifications, 
shall be approved by the corporation counsel, and the contractor 
shall give security to the satisfaction of the mayor and controller 
for the faithful performance of his contract. All bids or proposals 
shall be publicly opened by the department, board, or officer adver- 
tising for the same, in the presence of the controller; but the 
opening of bids shall not be postponed if the controller shall, after 
due notice, fail to attend. If the lowest bidder shall neglect or 
refuse to accept the contract within five days after written notice 
that the same has been awarded according to his bid or proposal, or 
if he fail to execute his contract or to give proper security, it may 
be re-advertised and re-let in the manner provided, or, with the 
written approval of the mayor, filed for public record with the city 
clerk, said contract may be awarded to the next lowest responsible 
bidder. If any work shall be abandoned by any contractor, it may 
be re-advertised and re-let in the manner provided for in the origi- 
nal contract, or, with the written approval of the mayor, such 


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department, board, or officer, may cause said work to be finished 
without making a new contract, and the original contractor shall 
be liable to the city for any excess in the cost of said work over the 
amount of the original contract. No bid shall be accepted from or 
contract awarded to any person who is in arrears to the city upon 
debt or contract, or who is a defaulter as surety or otherwise upon 
any obligation to the city. Three copies of every contract shall be 
executed, and one of the original copies thereof shall be filed in the 
controller’s office. 

Whenever proposals for furnishing supplies or doing work are 
invited by advertisement by any department, board, or officer, such 
department, board, or officer shall require, as a condition precedent 
to the reception of any proposal, the deposit with such department, 
board, or officer of a check, drawn to the order of the controller 
and certified by some reliable bank. 

Such checks shall accompany the proposal and be for an amount 
of not less than five per centum of the amount required by said bid 
to be paid by the city for the proposed work to be done or supply 
to be furnished. Within three days after it is decided who is the 
lowest responsible bidder the controller shall return all such checks 
to the persons depositing the same, except the check deposited 
by the lowest responsible bidder for such contract ; and if the said 
lowest responsible bidder shall refuse or neglect, within five days 
after due notice that the contract has been awarded to him, to exe- 
cute the same, the amount of the deposit made by him shall be for- 
feited to and retained by the city as liquidated damages for such 
neglect or refusal, and shall be paid into the treasury of said city ; 
but if said lowest responsible bidder shall execute the contract 
within the time aforesaid, the amount of his deposit shall be 
returned to him.—Amended by Act of Legislature, June 17, 1901. 

Src. 157. Each department and each executive officer is hereby 
empowered to employ clerical assistants when necessary, and to 
purchase necessary supplies, subject to the provisions of this act 
and to the approval of the board of finance as to salaries and num- 
ber of assistants. 

Src. 158. The several departments and executive officers shall 
annually, on or before the fifteenth day of February, submit to the 
mayor a report of their proceedings duriug the fiscal year preced- 
ing, with a detailed statement of their receipts and expenditures, 
and such further additional information as to their proceedings, 
receipts, and expenditures, between the first day of January and 
the first day of May, as the mayor’ may require, and the mayor 
shall transmit the same to the court of common council within ten 
days after receiving the same, with any recommendation which he 
may think proper. 

Src. 159. All sinking funds heretofore established by law are 
hereby continued for the purpose for which such funds were estab- 
lished, and the powers and duties of the commissioners of said 
funds are hereby confirmed. Each of said commissioners, whether 
now in office or hereafter appointed, shall give bonds to the city in 
such sums and with such sureties as may be approved by tho board 


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of finance. But no person or corporation shall be accepted by 
said:board of finance as a surety on such bond except some corpo- 
ration authorized by the laws of this state to give or become surety 
for municipal and other officials. 

Src. 160. It shall be the duty of every officer of said city, upon 
the expiration of his term, to deliver over to his successor in oftice 
all books, vouchers, papers, and memoranda under his control . 
affecting the business of said city. 

Src. 161. No person shall hold any office under the city, or any 
department thereof, the compensation for which is a salary, while 
holding any other official position in or under the government of 
this city, the compensation for which is a salary. No person shall 
be appointed a member of more than one appointive board or com- 
mission to which a salary is attached. 

Src. 162. The city shall have power to accept gifts and to 
administer trusts for hospitals and dispensaries and for all purposes 
for which said city is authorized or required to expend money, and 
for no others. 

Src. 163. No officer of said city, or of any ward thereof, or of 
the New Haven city school district, whether elected or appointed, 
shall take or receive any money, article, thing, advantage, or 
promise thereof, as consideration for any vote or act in his official 
capacity, or for any neglect to vote or act in such a capacity, or for 
making or consenting in such a capacity to any award of any con- 
tract, or to any appointment to or removal from any office or place. 
Any person offending against any of the provisions of this section 
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for a 
term of not less than three months nor more than one year. 


Ciry Court. 


Src. 164. There shall be and hereby is established a court for 
the trial of causes in the city and town of New Haven, which court 
shall be designated and known as the city court of New Haven. 

Src. 165. The judge and associate judge of said court shall be 
appointed by the general assembly and shall severally hold office 
for the term of two years from and after the first day of April fol- 
lowing their appointment, and until their respective successors shall 
have duly qualified. The judge of said court shall appoint a city 
attorney, an assistant city attorney, a elerk, and an assistant clerk of 
the said court, each of whom may be removed by said judge for 
cause, and each of whom shall hold office during the term of the 
judge appointing him, unless sooner removed, and until his sue- 
cessor is duly appointed and has qualified. The judge and associate 
judge shall take the oath provided by law for judicial officers. No 
person who is not a resident and elector of the city of New Haven 
shall hold any office in said court. No official of said court shall 
act as attorney in either the civil or criminal part of said court 
except in the discharge of his official duties. 

SEo. 166. The associate judge shall have and exercise all the 
jurisdiction and powers conferred on said judge, in addition to the 


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concurrent power granted said associate judge by this act. In case 
of the absence of said judge and associate judge, or of the inability 
or disability of both to discharge the duties of said office, the clerk 
of said court shall, in writing, request any judge of the court of com- 
‘mon pleas, or of any city court in this state, to act in the place of 
such judge, and, while so acting, he shall have and exercise all of 
the powers conferred on the judge and associate judge of the city 
court until one of them shall have returned or until such inability 
or disability shall have been removed. Any judge so called upon 
shall receive from the city of New Haven, in addition to his actual 
and necessary traveling expenses, the sum of eight dollars for each 
day for actual service in said court. 

Sec. 167. The clerk and assistant clerk of said court shall take 
the oath prescribed for clerks of courts in this state. Each of them 
shall execute a bond to said city in the penal sum of five thousand 
dollars, in form and with security satisfactory to the board of 
finance of said city, conditioned for the faithful performance of his 
duties according to law, and said bonds shall be deposited with the 
controller. But no person or corporation shall be accepted by said 
board of finance as a surety on such bond except as authorized in 
section 159 of this charter. The assistant clerk shall have all the 
powers and may perform all the duties of the clerk, subject to his 
direction. 

Src. 168. The clerk shall keep the civil files and records of said 
court, and in general shall have and exercise all the powers and dis- 
charge all the duties pertaining to civil matters pending in said 
court which belong to or are discharged by the clerks of the superior 
court in like cases pending therein, so far as the same are applicable 
to said court. He shall collect the same fees in civil matters as are 
hereinafter provided, and all fees, costs, fines, and other sums com- 
ing into his hands in criminal cases shall be paid into the treasury 
of said city for the use of said city, except that he may pay from 
the funds in his hands the costs and fees in criminal cases to the 
persons entitled to receive the same, and any necessary expenses of 
said court which shall have been approved by said judge, taking 
receipts for such payments, and shall report to the court monthly 
all fees due aud unpaid. He shall account to the controller of said 
city monthly for all moneys by him received under the provisions 
of this act, and his disbursements thereof, and pay all balances in 
his hands at said times of accounting into the treasury of said city, 
except such sums as may be necessary for him to retain to pay said 
costs, fees, and expenses to the persons respectively entitled thereto ; 
provided, that no fees in criminal cases shall be paid to or received 
by any paid member of the police force of said city for any service 
whatever, as a witness or otherwise; and provided further, that no 
person shall be entitled to receive any costs or fees unless demand 
shall be made therefor within ninety days after the same shall have 
been taxed. Said clerk may draw orders on the city treasurer for 
such sums as may be necessary to pay all the fees, costs, and ex- 
penses of said court which have accrued and are payable by him, 
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the treasury when countersigned by the judge, and said clerk shall 
return to the controller each month a detailed statement under oath, 
of his official receipts for the month preceding, under the following 
heads, to wit: From fines, from jail, from the superior court, and . 
from other sources; also a detailed statement under oath, of his 
official disbursements, and of the amount paid over to the city 
treasurer by him for the same period. Said clerk shall, with his 
monthly account rendered to the controller, file a certified state- 
ment of the civil sessions held by said court during the month. 

Src. 169. Said clerk shall keep the criminal files and records of 
said city court, and shall, within ten days after any appeal or bind- 
ing over in criminal cases in said court, deliver to the clerk of the 
court to which the appeal is taken, or the person is bound over, a 
copy of the files and records of the case. He shall receive all fees 
and costs imposed by said court in criminal cases which are paid 
before commitment, and all fees and costs paid after commitment 
to the keeper of the jail, workhouse, or other place where the 
offender is confined, shall be paid by such keeper to the clerk. 
Said clerk shall also receive all sums taxed in the higher courts for 
costs before said city court, and for copies in cases coming from 
said city court to said superior court or criminal court of common 
pleas by appeal, binding over, or otherwise. 

Src. 170. The office of the city attorney shall be open from 
eight o’clock in the forenoon until eight o’clock in the evening on 
all days except Sundays and legal holidays, and the office of the 
clerk of the city court shall be open from nine o’clock in the 
forenoon until five o’clock in the afternoon, and the offices of city 
attorney and said clerk of said court shall be in the building where 
said court is held. 

Sec. 171. The officers of said court shall respectively receive 
the following salaries, which, except as herein provided for the 
clerk, shall be in compensation for any services required of said 
officers: The judge, two thousand and five hundred dollars; the 
associate judge, two thousand and five hundred dollars; the city 
attorney, three thousand and five hundred dollars; the assistant 
city attorney, two thousand dollars; the clerk, two thousand and 
two hundred and fifty dollars, and fees in civil cases; the assistant 
clerk, one thousand dollars. 


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Src. 172. Said court shall have concurrent jurisdiction over all 
civil causes, both at law and in equity, wherein any of the parties 
reside in said city or town, except suits wherein the title to, or right 
to possession of, or easement in land situated outside of the limits 
of said city or town is to be tried and determined, and except civil 
actions for injury to such title or right; provided, that in any civil 
cause wherein the debt, damage, or matter in demand exceeds one 
hundred dollars in amount or value, any defendant residing out of 
said city or town may, with the written assent of the rest of the 
defendants, when there are more than one, remove said cause to 


the next court of common pleas or superior court for New Haven 
county ; provided, said cause would have originally been within 
the jurisdiction of the court to which the same is removed, upon 
his written motion filed within three days after the return day of 
the writ, and upon filing therewith his affidavit that he has a bona 
jide defense and that such removal is not intended for delay, which 
affidavit shall form a part of the files and records of the cause; and 
upon the granting of such motion the clerk of the city court shall 
deliver the original files in the said cause, with his certificate of 
removal thereon, to the clerk of the court to which it is removed, 
who shall forthwith enter the same upon the docket of said court, 
to be in all respects proceeded with as though it had been originally 
brought to said court, and no attachment, lien, bail-bond, or other 
security previously had or given shall be affected by such removal ; 
provided further, that any defendant aggrieved by any judgment 
or decree rendered by said court in any cause which was originally 
within the jurisdiction of the superior court, may appeal to said 
superior court, except in a case of a trial by jury upon his own 
motion. 

Said appeal shall be taken to the next return day or the next but 
one of the superior court, and such defendant shall file a written 
notice of appeal, and a bond to the adverse party in the sum of one 
hundred dollars, with surety satisfactory to said city court to prose- 
cute such appeal to effect, and answer all damages if he make not 
his plea good, within forty-eight hours after such judgment shall 
have been rendered, unless said court shall, on motion, extend the 
time for filing the same. The clerk shall, within ten days after the 
filing of such bond and notice, deliver a true and attested copy of 
the files and records of the cause to the clerk of the superior court, 
who shall enter said cause on the docket thereof, and said cause 
shall thenceforth be proceeded with in all respects as in case of 
appeals from the judgment of justices of the peace. The party 
who shall finally prevail in said cause shall recover all costs taxed 
in said city court. | 

Said city court shall not have power to issue writs of mandamus, 
prohibition, guo warranto, ne exeat, or habeas corpus. 

Src. 178. Said court shall have the same authority in cases of 
bastardy that is or may hereafter by law be exercised by justices of 
the peace in the town of New Haven. Said court shall have power 
and authority to issue search warrants to be served in said town of 
New Haven, and the proceedings in reference to such search war- 
rants shall in all respects be the same as in reference to search 
warrants issued by justices of the peace in the several towns. Com- 
plaints for forcible entry and detainer with reference to any houses, 
lands, or tenements, situated wholly within the limits of said city 
or town, may be made to said city court, and said court may pro- 
ceed thereupon in all respects as a county commissioner and a jus- 
tice of the peace may do, and all the other provisions of the statutes 
of this state, with reference to forcible entry and detainer, are 
hereby made applicable to such cases, except that the jury shall be 
drawn and summoned, and costs shall be taxed as in other civil 
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Sno. 174. All writs and other process and proceedings brought 
to, pending in, or issuing from said city court, shall be in form, 
style, subscription, and mode of authentication, similar to those in 
use from time to time in the superior court, and shall have the 
same authority and validity, and such process may be signed and 
issued by the authorities authorized by the general statutes to sign 
and issue process and by the judge or clerk of said city court, and 
may be served in any part of this state by any person authorized to 
serve like process issuing from or returnable to the superior court 
in like cases. ! 

Sro. 175. The rules of practice in the superior court, both in 
civil and criminal causes, so far as the same may be applicable, 
shall govern the practice in said court until the same shall have 
been modified by the judge of said city court, who is hereby 
authorized to repeal, modify, or add to said rules. 

Src. 176. In all civil cases where the matter in demand does 
not exceed one hundred dollars, the taxable costs and fees, except 
clerk fees, and the compensation, except that for the compensation 
of jurors, shall be the same as in trials before justices of the peace ; 
in all other civil cases the costs and fees shall be the same as in 
cases brought to the superior court, and in all cases formerly cog- 
nizable in equity, the costs shall be at the discretion of the court, 
in the same manner as in causes pending in the superior court. 

Sec. 177. There shall be but one term of said city court, begin- 
ning on the first Monday of July in each year. There shall be a 
session of said court for the transaction of civil business on the 
first Monday of each month, and at such other times as the judge 
or associate judge of said court shall direct. 

Sro. 178. When a defendant who is sued in said city court in 
any civil action lives within the limits of the town of New Haven, 
the writ shall be served upon him at least six days before the day 
to which the writ is returnable, but if the defendant lives without 
the limits of the town of New Haven, the writ shall be served 
upon him at least twelve days before said return day. Writs may 
be made returnable to said court upon any Monday or Thursday ; 
provided, that each writ shall be returned to the clerk of said 
court on or before the day preceding the one to which such writ 
is returnable. 

Src. 179. Either party to any civil action may put the same to 
a jury under like conditions and with like effect as in the superior 
court, unless said city court shall by rule otherwise prescribe. 
Said court may cause a jury to be summoned at such time as it 
may see fit. 

Src. 180. Whenever said clerk shall issue a warrant command- 
ing any proper officer to summon a jury to appear before said 
court, such officer shall, in the presence of the judge or associate 
judge of said court, take out of the jury box as many papers as 
his warrant directs, and the persons whose names shall be found 
written thereon shall be summoned to appear before the court at 
the time in the warrant named, to serve as jurors; and in case a 
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deficiency of jurors for the trial of any cause, such officer shall 
supply the deficiency by drawing, in the presence of the court, 
other names from said box, and summoning such persons to attend 
and serve, or by summoning a sufficient number of talesmen, as the 
court may direct, until the panel shall be complete, and the names 
of such jurors as do not attend or are challenged or excused shall 
be returned into the box and shall be liable to be drawn again. 
The name of each juror who attends court and serves shall, in like 
manner as aforesaid, be put into another box, which said clerk 
shall provide for that purpose, and may be drawn again in case, for 
any reason, there is a deficiency in the other box to complete the 
panels for that year for which they are chosen to serve. 

Src. 181. Either judge of said court shall have power to try 
and decide all issues of fact that shall have come before said court, 
by himself or by a jury of any number of freemen, not less than 
two or more than twelve, empaneled as aforesaid w hen both parties 
shall agree thereto. The oath to be taken by said jurors shall be 
the juror’s oath now provided by law. Any juror neglecting to 
attend when duly summoned shall be liable to such penalties as 
shall be prescribed by the ordinances of said city for such neglect. 

Src. 182. The judge or associate judge of said court may 
require the city sheriff, or, in his absence, inability, or disability, 
the sheriff of New Haven county, or any one of his deputies, or 
any constable of the town of New Haven, to attend any session of 
said court held for the transaction of civil business only, and to 
execute the orders of said court. It shall be the duty of such 
officers to attend said court when required. 

Src. 183. Either the city attorney or the assistant city attorney 
may sue for, in any proper form of civil action, collect, and receive, 
in the name and behalf of said city, the penalty incurred by the 
breach of any ordinance of said city, or any by-law of the depart- 
ments of parks or of health, now or hereafter in force; or such city 
attorney may enforce such ordinance by criminal prosecution, but 
no person shall be prosecuted both civilly and criminally for the 
same breach of an ordinance, and in such prosecution, civil or 
criminal, it shall be a sufficient description of the offense or for- 
feiture to set forth the act complained of and to allege the same to 
have been done contrary te the ordinance in such case provided. 
All fines and penalties collected under the provisions of the charter 
of said city, or of this act, shall, unless otherwise provided, be 
paid into the treasury of the city. 

Src. 184. From all judgments and decrees of said city court 
the same relief may be had by appeal as is provided by law for 
relief from judgments and decrees of the su penics court in similar 
cases and in like manner. 


CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. 


Src. 185. Said court shall have and exercise, within the town 
and city of New Haven, all the jurisdiction, author ity, and powers 
which justices of the peace in the several towns of this state have 


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and exercise, or shall hereafter by law have and exercise, in all 
matters of a criminal nature, and shall have jurisdiction and cog- 
nizance of all crimes and misdemeanors committed wlthin said town 
or city, either before or after the passage of this act, the punish- 
ment whereof, inflicted by said court, shall not exceed a fine of two 
hundred dollars, or imprisonment in a common jail or workhouse 
for six months, or both such fine and imprisonment, notwithstand- 
ing any general statute to the contrary, and shall have power to 
proceed to trial or examination, render judgment, require sureties 
of the peace, bind over to the superior court in cases not within 
the jurisdiction of said city court, and grant warrants of commit- 
ment and execution in the same manner as justices of the peace in 
the several towns in this state may do in criminal cases, lawfully 
brought before them; provided, that the accused may, either dur- 
ing the same session at which he shall be convicted or within forty- 
eight hours after the close thereof, but not afterwards, appeal to 
the criminal term of the court of common pleas next thereafter to 
be holden in and for said county, in all cases of conviction, except 
when the conviction shall be of the crimes of drunkenness, profane 
cursing, and swearing, and Sabbath breaking, upon giving bonds of 
recognizance with sufficient surety to the state, conditioned as is 
now or may hereafter be provided by law in appeals from judg- 
ments of justices of the peace in criminal cases; and provided 
further, that if the appellant shall be unable to procure bonds on his 
appeal, he may be committed to jail and there detained for trial, or 
admitted to bail in the same manner as persons bound over to the 
superior court for trial. 

Src. 186. Said city court shall also have jurisdiction and power 
in all cases of criminal prosecution for the breach of the city ordi- 
nances and of the by-laws or regulations of the departments of 
parks and of health, now or hereafter in force, in the same manner 
and to the same extent, and subject to an appeal to the criminal 
term of the court of common pleas of said county, in the same man- 
ner and upon the same terms as in other criminal matters, except 
that bonds in all such appeals shall be taken to said city. 

Src. 187. No grand juror shall make complaint, either to said 
city court or to a justice of the peace, of any criminal matter 
whereof jurisdiction is conferred upon said city court by this act, 
nor shall any justice of the peace take cognizance of any action or 
complaint of a criminal nature whereof jurisdiction is conferred 
upon said court by this act. 

Src. 188. A session of said court shall be held daily, Sundays 
excepted, for the trial and disposition oi any criminal matters 
legally brought before it, and may be held on Sunday, and an extra 
session of said court may be held whenever deemed necessary by 
the judge or associate judge thereof. Said court shall proceed in 
all criminal cases without jury, may issue subpoena and capias for 
witnesses in matters brought before it, warrants of arrest upon com- 
plaint made to it of criminal offenses, and all other usual criminal 
process to be served in any part of this state, and shall administer 
justice in all criminal matters whereof this act gives jurisdiction 


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according to law, and such process shall be deemed to be issued by 
the court, when issued and signed by the judge or associate judge, 
clerk or assistant clerk, the city attorney or his assistant. Said court 
may adjourn any case to a future day for trial, and take bonds for 
the appearance of the accused, as justices of the peace may do, and 
when said court has or may have final jurisdiction thereof, the bonds 
shall be taken to said city, otherwise to the state; and such bonds 
may be taken by the judge or associate judge, clerk or assistant 
clerk, and, in the case of the arrest of any person upon a criminal 
charge, when the offense is bailable, the judge or associate judge, 
clerk, or assistant clerk of said court, or the acting chief of police 
of said city, or some official designated by him, may take bonds, 
with sufficient surety for the appearance of the accused before said 
court at its next session for criminal business, and for his abiding 
the order of said court, and in such cases the bond shall be taken 
_ as above provided; but in no case shall any fee or reward be 
received for taking such bond. 

Src. 189. Said court may suspend the rendition of judgment in 
the case of any person arraigned before it for drunkenness, vagraucy, 
disorderly conduct, assault an@ battery, breach of the peace, or other 
petty offense, and in case of juvenile offenders, who might other- 
wise be committed to the Connecticut School for Boys, or the Con- 
necticut Industrial School for Girls, whenever such court may deem 
such forbearance to be advisable by reason of the age of the accused 
or the circumstances under which the offense was committed. 

Src. 190. In all cases and proceedings of a criminal nature, the 
following costs shall be taxed in said court: A court fee of three 
dollars, and the same officer’s and witness’ fees as are taxable in the 
superior court; provided, however, that in cases of assault and bat- 
tery, breaches of the peace, and other misdemeanors, said court may, 
in its discretion, direct that witness fees shall not be paid to any 
witness in fault in the matter of the complaint, or where the wit- 
ness is the complainant but the offense is trifling in character, or 
where said court is of the opinion that the witness is not justly en- 
titled to said fee. All copies in cases coming to the superior court, 
or the criminal court of common pleas, by appeal, binding over, or 
otherwise, shall be taxed the same as in similar cases coming in like 
manner from justices of the peace; in case of conviction and judg- 
ment against the accused, said costs shall be paid by him and pay- 
ment enforced, as in cases before the superior court, and all fees 
taxed as such costs by said court, but due to any individual, shall 
be paid by said city to him, except as herein otherwise provided. 

Src. 191. The city attorney and the assistant city attorney shall 
each take the oath prescribed by law, for grand jurors, mutates 
mutandis, and shall hold office from the dates of their appoint- 
ment and until others shall be appointed and sworn in their 
stead. They may be removed by the judge for cause, and if either 
of them shall willfully neglect any duty imposed upon him by this 
act, he shall incur a penalty of one hundred dollars for every such 
neglect, one-half to him who shall prosecute therefor, and the other 
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action founded on this statute. Hither of them may issue subpcenas 
for witnesses to be sworn before said court, and may require any 
person informing him of the commission of a crime to make infor- 
mation under oath, and may administer the witness’ oath to him. 
The provisions of section 91 of the general statutes of Connecticut 
are hereby extended to said city attorney and assistant city attorney, 
and they shall respectively have all the powers within the limits of 
the city or town of New Haven that grand jurors have in their sev- 
eral towns by virtue of said section. It shall be the duty of each 
of them diligently to inquire after and make due presentment or 
complaint to said city court of all crimes, misdemeanors, and other 
criminal matters whereof said court has jurisdiction or whereupon 
said court may proceed, whether committed before or after his 
appointment to office, and to attend to the proper trial and hearing 
of the same before said court. 

Suc. 192. Whenever any breach of any ordinance of said city 
or of any rule or regulation of the department of health or the 
department of parks has been committed for which a fixed penalty 
is prescribed, either of said attorneys may collect and receive the 
amount of such penalty without a suit or prosecution therefor; and 
whenever such breach has been committed for which a discretionary 
penalty is prescribed,, either of said attorneys may collect and 
receive in like manner therefor, the maximum penalty prescribed 
for such breach. Each of them shall, within thirty days thereafter, 
render an account of all such penalties received by him, together 
with the dates and names of the persons paying the same and the 
several amounts, to the controller. 

Src. 193. Said attorney or said assistant attorney shall in like 
manner sue for, collect, and receive the amounts due on all bonds 
payable to the city in criminal matters when the same have been or 
shall be forfeited. Each of them shall deposit with the controller 
of said city a bond m the penal sum of one thousand dollars, in 
form and with surety satisfactory to the board of finance of said 
city, conditioned for the payment by him to the city of all 
money belonging to the same coming into his hands as aforesaid, 
and he shall pay over such money within ten days after the same is 
received. but no person or corporation shall be accepted by said 
board of finance as surety on such bond except as provided for in 
section 159 of this charter. He shall forthwith notify the state’s 
attorney for New Haven county of the forfeiture of any bond of 
the state in criminal matters before said court. 

Sec. 194. Criminal process issued by said city court, or by the 
judge or clerk thereof, may be served by any member of the police 
force of said city, or by anv proper officer or indifferent person, 
and may be served in any part of this state; but before any mem- 
ber of said police force shall leave said city to serve such process, 
he shall obtain permission so to do from the acting chief of police 
of said city. Any officer or indifferent person, other than paid 
members of said police force, shall receive the same fees for such 
service allowed by law to constables in similar cases and any extra 
expense, necessarily or reasonably incurred in securing an offender 


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and bringing him before said city court, may be paid from the 
funds of said city, and in the discretion of said court may be taxed, 
allowed, and collected as a part of the costs.—Amended by Act of. 
Legislature, April 9, 1901. 

Sxc. 195. It shall be the duty of the chief of police of said 

city, for the time being, to designate a suitable officer or officers of 

said force, who shall attend the sessions of said court for criminal 
business, shall bring before it any person or persons in custody, for 
trial therein, take custody of any persons convicted or bound over 
therein and deliver them over to the officer or other person proper 
to receive the same, and, in general, execute the orders of said 
court.—Amended by Act of Legislature, April 9, 1901. 

Src, 196. The keeper of the county jail and workhouse of New 
Haven county, and the keeper of the town workhouse of the town 
of New Haven, and the keeper of the Connecticut School for 
Boys, and the keeper of the Connecticut Industrial School for 
Girls, shall receive any person committed thereto by said court, and 
shall have and keep the custody of such person as in other cases, 
according to law until duly discharged. It shall be the duty of 
each of the keepers of said jail or workhouse to render to the clerk 
of said court, at least once in each month, an account of all persons 
committed to his custody by order of said court, and of those dis- 
charged, stating by whom and how discharged, and to pay over to 
said clerk all moneys paid to them for fines or costs by or for such 
persons, except that they shall be permitted to retain five per 
centum of such moneys so received by them, as compensation for 
making out such returns, and said clerk shall keep said returns 
on file. 

Sec. 197. It shall be lawful for all members of the police 
department of said city, and it shall be their duty, to arrest, with- 
out previous complaint and warrant, all such persons as are guilty 
of drunkenness, vagrancy, disorderly conduct, breach of the peace, 
common assaults, and other offenses, when such offenses shall be 
committed within the jurisdiction of the city court, and such 
offenders shall be taken or apprehended in the act, or on the speedy 
information of others, and all persons so arrested shall be presented 
before said city court at its next session for trial; each member of 
said police department shall also have power, by permission of the 
chief of said department, to pursue and arrest with process in any 
part of this state persons “char ged with any criminal act committed 
within the limits of the city or town of New Haven. 

Src. 198. The chief of said police department shall have power, 
subject to the control of the mayor of said city, to suppress all 
tumults, riots, and unlawful assemblies within said city or town, 
with force and strong hand; to enter into any house and building 
in said city or town reasonably suspected of being inhabited, fre. 
quented, or resorted to by persons of ill-fame, or persons of idle, 
dissolute, or disorderly character, or for purposes of gambling or 
eaming ; to command all such persons, when found in or about 
such house or. building to disperse, and, upon their refusal so to do, 
to arrest such persons, and cause them to be brought immediately 


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before said city court, to be proceeded against according to law, 
and to require any person to aid him in the execution of the powers 
conferred upon him by this section; and every person of sutticient 
‘age and ability who shall refuse to aid and assist him when so 
required shall forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dollars to said city, 
to be sued for and collected by the city attorney—Amended by 
Act of Legislature, April 9, 1901. 

Src. 199. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith relating 
to or affecting the ¢ity court of New Haven are hereby repealed, 
but said court shall have jurisdiction over all offenses committed or 
causes of action accruing prior to its taking effect, whether pending 
or not, in the same manner as though this act had not been passed. 

Src. 200. All powers, duties, and liabilities formerly vested in 
and imposed upon the town of New Haven respecting highways, 
private ways, bridges, and respecting paupers, shall hereafter be 
transferred and be imposed upon the city of New Haven. All 
provisions of the charter of said city concerning highways, private 
ways, and bridges shall hereafter be extended and made to apply to 
all territories within the present limits of the city of New Haven. 


DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. 


Src. 201. There shall be a department of charities and correc- 
tion in said city under the management and control of a board com- 
posed of three members. All persons who are at present members 
of said board of charities and correction shall continue to hold office 
during the terms for which they were appointed unless they shall 
be sooner removed for due cause according to the provisions of this 
act. During the month of June, 1901, and biennially thereafter, the 
mayor shall appoint a board of three members to serve for a term of 
two years from the first day of July following their appointment. 
In making said appointment the mayor shall designate one of said 
board to be superintendent. Not more than two members of said 
board shall at any one time belong to the same political party. Said 
board may make all necessary rules and regulations concerning the 
affairs of said department not inconsistent with the law or with the 
ordinances of said city. Said superintendent shall receive a salary 
not exceeding two thousand dollars per year. The other members 
of said board shall serve without pay. Said superintendent shall give 
bonds to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars.—Amended 
by Act of Legislature, June 10, 1901. 

' Src. 202. Said board of charities and correction shall hereafter 
be charged with the care of the poor belonging to said city and 
those within the former limits of said town, and shall execute all Jaws 
relative thereto which would, except for this act, apply at any time 
to the selectmen of said town. All paupers within said city who 
have no settlement therein shall be cared for or removed by said 
board in the same manner in which they would have been cared 
for or removed by the selectmen of the town of New Haven were 
it not for this act. Said board shall provide a suitable place where 
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to any destitute person temporarily within said city; but no able- 
bodied person, whether a resident or non-resident of said city, shall 
be furnished shelter, food, or relief in any form, unless such person 
shall render in labor or otherwise as full an equivalent for what he 
receives as such board shall consider reasonable under the cireum- 
stances. 

The said board shall annually make a report of its doings for the 
fiscal year next preceding, in accordance with the provisions of sec- 
tion 158, which report shall be published with the report of the 
other departments. 

Sxo. 208. On or before the first day of November in each year, 
said board shall submit to the board of finance in said city estimates 
of the amount of money required by it for the ensuing fiscal year, 
specifying the purposes for which each part is required. 

Said board shall cause to be kept a record showing the age, sex, 
nationality, and probable cause of destitution of each person whom 
it relieves, the time when public relief was first given, the amount 
of relief given to each person, the birthplace of each, the number 
of applicants for relief in each month, and the monthly expendi- 
ture for all relief; and said record shall at all reasonable times be 
open to the inspection of the public—Amended by Act of Legisla- 
ture, April 11, 1901. 

Src. 204. Said board shall have power to employ and discharge 
a manager of Springside farm and home, who shall reside at said 
place, and shall engage in no other business, and may authorize the 
superintendent to employ and discharge such clerks and other 
assistants as it may find necessary in carrying on its work. All 
appointments and removals made by said board, of officers or 
employes, whose compensation exceeds twelve dollars per week, 
shall be in writing, and be signed by at least two members of said 
board and entered upon the records of the department. Said 
board shall have an office in the city hall, which shall be open on 
each business day at times to be fixed by said board. 

Src. 205. Said superintendent shall have the care, manage- 
ment, and direction of the almshouse. All relief given to persons 
outside of the almshouse (except to those in hospitals, asylums, and 
other public institutions) shall be given under his supervision. He 
shall be the purchasing agent of said board, and shall make a writ- 
ten report to said board on or about the fifth day of each month, as 
directed by said board, of all purchases, sales, and collections made 
by him during the month last ended, and he shall also report what 
supplies were on hand, at the almshouse or elsewhere, on the last 
day of the month preceding his report. 

Src. 206. All powers and duties of the selectmen of said town 
concerning the appointment and supervision of conservators, guar- 
dians, and overseers, the commitment of persons to the Connecticut 
School for Boys, or the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls, 
the commitment of insane persons and indigent, imbecile children 
to proper institutions, the indenture of apprentices, the giving of 
children in adoption, the education of children, the collection and 
return of statistics concerning the deaf, dumb, and blind, prosecu- 


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tion for bastardy, and concerning all other matters affecting the 
defective and dependent classes, and the execution of all laws rela- 
tive thereto, which would at any time, except for this act, belong 
to the selectmen of said town, shall hereafter be exercised or per- 
formed by said board of charities and correction. All notices and 
summonses respecting any of the matters mentioned in this section 
which the law now requires to be served upon the selectmen of 
said town shall hereafter be served upon the clerk of said city, 
who shall forthwith give notice to the clerk of said board. _ 

All powers relating to the establishment of workhouses which 
would at any time, except for this act, belong to said town, shall 
hereafter be conferred upon said city. All workhouses of said 
city and their inmates shall hereafter be maintained and controlled 
by said board of charities and correction, and said city shall have 
the use and benefit of the labor of all inmates of its workhouse. 
All general laws concerning town workhouses, so far as they are 
consistent with this act, shall apply to said city. 


Town CLERK. 


Sno. 207. The town clerk of said town shall continue to dis- 
charge all the duties required of him by law hereafter, and his 
compensation shall be three thousand dollars a year, which, together 
with the expenses of his office, including the salaries of clerks, 
the number and salaries of which shall be determined by the board 
of finance, shall be paid by said city. On the first week day of 
each month said town clerk shall make report to the mayor of all 
fees collected by him during the preceding month, and shall pay 
the amount of the same into the city treasury. On or before the 
fifteenth day of February in each year he shall, in accordance 
with the provisions of section 158, submit to the mayor an account 
of the doings of his office for the preceding fiscal year, which 
report shall contain a statement of all moneys received and 
expended in said year. He shall give bonds in the amount of ten 
thousand dollars. 


REGISTRAR -OF VITAL STATISTICS. 


Src. 208. The registrar of vital statistics of said town shall 
hereafter continue to discharge all of the duties required of him 
by law, and his compensation shall be two thousand dollars per 
annum, which, together with the expenses of his office, including 
salaries of clerks, the number and salaries of which shall be deter- 
mined by the board of finance, shall be paid by said city. On the 
first week day of each month the registrar of vital statistics shall 
make report to the mayor of all fees collected by him during the 
preceding month and shall pay the amount of the same into the 
city treasury. On or before the fifteenth day of February in each — 
year he shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 158, 
submit to the mayor an account of the doings of his office for the 
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money received and expended by him for the preceding fiscal year. 
He shall give bonds in the amount of five thousand dollars. 


SELECTMEN AND OoNSTABLES. 


Src. 209. There shall be elected at the April election, 1900, 
and in each year thereafter, five selectmen and five constables who 
shall hold office for one year from the first week in June next fol- 
lowing their election. No person elected as constable shall enter 
upon the duties of his office until he has filed a bond with sufficient 
surety, in the sum of five thousand dollars, payable to the treas- 
urer of the city of New Haven, conditioned for the faithful per- 
formance of his duties. The powers and duties of said selectmen 
shall hereafter be limited to those powers vested in and those duties 
imposed upon selectmen by the constitution and laws of the state 
relating to the admission of persons to the privileges of electors in 
said town, and to the erasure from the registry list of the names*of 
those who have forfeited the privileges of electors, and the powers 
and duties imposed upon them by the act incorporating The Trus- 
tees of the Old Almshouse Farm of New Haven, and the amend- 
ments thereto. No elector shall vote for more than three select- 
men at any election. Each of said selectmen shall receive fifty 
cents per hour for the time actually spent in the discharge of said 
duties, and their necessary expenses, and their compensation and 
expenses shall be paid by said city. 

Src. 210. The town clerk, registrar of vital statistics, grand 
jurors, and registrars of voters in office when this act takes effect 
shall continue to hold their respective offices for the terms for 
which they were elected, and until the first week day of June, 1903. 
The city of New Haven shall, at the April election in 1903, and 
biennially thereafter, elect a town clerk for the town of New 
Haven, who shall hold his office for the term of two years from 
the first week day of June next succeeding his election, and shall 
perform all duties imposed by law upon the town clerks of other 
towns. The city of New Haven shall, at its April election in 1903, 
and biennially thereafter, elect a registrar of vital statistics, grand 
jurors, and registrars of voters, each to serve for two years from 
the first week day of June next succeeding his election. The 
powers and duties of said registrars shall be the same as they would 
have been in the same town had this act not been passed, and they 
shall be subject to all laws applying to the corresponding ofticers 
of other towns. All expenses of said town elections shall be paid 
by said city, and warning of said elections shall be given as pro- 
vided by law for town elections. All electors formerly of the town 
of New Haven and of the city of New Haven shall be electors of 
said city and shall be qualified to hold office in said city and vote 
at all city elections. All elections in said town shall hereafter be 
held on the third Tuesday of April in each year, beginning with 
the April election, 1902.—Amended by Act of Legislature, June 
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Boarp or ASSESSORS. 


Src 211. There shall be a board of assessors in said city consist- 
ing of five members, not more than three of whom shall belong to 
the same political party. The present members of the board of 
assessors in said city shall continue to be members of said board 
until the term for which they have been appointed shall expire, 
unless sooner removed for cause in accordance with the provisions 
of this act. In the month of June, 1900, and annually thereafter, 
the mayor shall appoint one assessor to serve for five years from 
the first day of July next following his appointment. Each assessor 
shall receive a salary of two thousand dollars a year. Said board 
of assessors may appoint a clerk or clerks, the number and salaries 
of which shall be fixed by the board of finance. Said assessors 
shall have the same powers and duties which the assessors of the 
town of New Haven would have had if this act had not been 
passed. 


Boarp oF RELIEF. 


Sxo. 212. There shall be a board of relief in said city consisting 
of three members, not more than two of whom shall belong to the 
same political party. The present members of the board of relief 
shall continue to hold office until the terms for which they have 
been appointed shall expire, unless sooner removed for cause in 
accordance with the provisions of this act. In the month of June, 
1900, and annually thereafter, the mayor shall appoint one member 
of the board of relief to serve for three years from the first day of 
July next following his appointment. Each member of the board 
of relief shall receive a salary of two hundred dollars for each of 
the months of April, May and June, 1901, and thereafter a salary 
of three hundred dollars a year. Said board of relief shall have 
the same powers and duties which the board of relief of the town 
of New Haven would have had if this act had not been passed.— 
Amended by Act of Legislature, March 21, 1901. 


Mayor’s Power or REMOVAL. 


Src. 2138. The mayor may at any time whenever he may believe 
any person appointed to office by him or any of his predecessors to 
be incompetent, or unfaithful to the duties of his office, or that the 
requirements of the public service demand his removal, summon 
said officer before him at a place and time specified in said sum- 
mons, to show cause why he should not be removed from said 
office. With said summons he shall leave with said officer a written 
statement of the charges against him, and if, after full hearing, he 
shall find that such officer is incompetent or unfaithful, or that 
requirements of the public service demand his removal, he may 
remove such person from his office. 

Any such official so removed may appeal from the order of the 
mayor removing him from said office to the superior court or any 
judge thereof, which appeal shall be made returnable not more 


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than six nor less than three days from the date of the order of 
removal of said mayor, and shall be served upon the mayor, or at 
his usual place of abode, at least forty-eight hours before the time 
fixed for a hearing. And said court or judge, having given such 
further notice as may be deemed necessary to all parties, shall 
forthwith hear said case, and may approve or revoke the order of 
said mayor, and may award costs at his discretion. But no such 
official so removed shall exercise any of the powers of his office 
during the pendency of his appeal to the superior court. 


(FJENERAL PROVISIONS. 


Src. 214. All officers, not hereinbefore mentioned, who would, 
except for this act, be elected by said town, or be appointed by the 
selectmen of said town, shall hereafter be chosen and appointed by 
the court of common council of said city, in so far as said officers 
are necessary under the laws, except as herein otherwise provided ; 
and they shall have the same powers and be charged with the same 
duties that would otherwise devolve by law upon such officers in 
said town. 

Src. 215. The consolidation act of 1897 being adopted by a 
majority of the votes in accordance with the provisions of section 
27 of said act, all property belonging to the town of New Haven 
prior to the seventh day of December, 1897, shall be and is vested 
in the corporation of the city of New Haven. Said city shall have 
full authority and power to collect for its own use all town taxes 
and all other moneys which may be due to said town and unpaid, 
when this act goes into effect; and said city is hereby made lable 
for all debts which, except for this act, might at any time be 
enforced against said town. 

Sxo. 216. The aldermen or councilmen representing the thir- 
teenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth wards of said city shall not vote, 
either as a member of either of said boards, or as a member of a 
committee of either of said boards, upon any question pending 
before either of said boards in which their wards have no right or 
interest until their respective wards shall have come under full 
jurisdiction of the city in the manner prescribed in section 218 of 
this act. 

Src. 217. No property in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fif- 
teenth wards of said city shall receive any service, protection, or 
improvements from the government of said city except such as 
were, prior to December, 1897, furnished by the town of New 
Haven; and none of such property shall be subject to burdens by 
assessment, taxation, or otherwise, for sidewalks, curbing, sewers, 
or any other public work which can be properly described by the 
term “ city improvements,” except such as might have been laid 
or enforced by the town of New Haven or by the selectmen of the 
town of New Haven. None of said property shall be taxed by said 
city more than four mills on the dollar, exclusive of the school tax; 
and none of the oyster grounds in New Haven harbor not in state 
jurisdiction, which have not heretofore been subject to city tax- 
ation, shall be taxed more than four mills on the dollar, 


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The provisions of this section, except those relating to taxation 
of oyster ground, shall not apply to any ward which may be 
brought under the full jurisdiction of the city in accordance with 
the provisions of and in the manner prescribed in section 218 of: 
this act. 

Src. 218. Whenever one hundred electors of said city, residing 
in any one of the said thirteenth, fourteenth, or fifteenth wards, 
shall petition the court of common council of said city that the 
ward in which they reside may be brought under the full jurisdic- 
tion of said city, so that the persons and property within said ward 
may secure from the government of said city the same benefits and 
be subject to the same obligations as persons and property within 
the original twelve wards of said city, said court of common coun- 
cil, after due hearing, may fix a day on which all legal voters 
residing within the limits of said ward may vote upon the question 
whether they are in favor of or opposed to said petition. And if 
on said day a majority of the votes cast within said ward shall be 
found in favor of having said petition granted, said court of com- 
mon council shall grant the same and make an order that the said 
ward shall thereafter be and remain under the full jurisdiction of 
said city, and such order shall have the same force and effect as if 
it formed a part of this act. 

So. 219. All powers and duties of the town of New Haven, 
and all powers and duties of the selectmen of the town of New 
Haven, not otherwise provided for in this act, shall hereafter 
devolve upon the city of New Haven, and be exercised and dis- 
charged in such manner and by such agents or officials as the court 
of common council shall order. 

Src. 220. Hereafter no town meeting shall be held in the town 

of New Haven except for the election of town officers. 
- Src. 221. All city ordinances now in force and effect, and all 
city ordinances hereafter enacted by the court of common council 
of the city of New Haven, except those controlling the matter 
specified in section 217, shall be of full force and effect in all the 
fifteen wards of said city. : 

Sno. 222. Whenever any vacancy shall occur in any office 
required by sections 200 to 221 inclusive of this act, before the 
expiration of the term of such office, said vacancy shall, within 
thirty days thereafter, be filled for the remaiuder of the unexpired 
term by choosing a new officer in the same manner in which the 
last incumbent of said office was chosen. 

Src. 223. Nothing herein shall be construed to abolish the 
Westville school district, or the South school district, or the borough 
of Fair Haven East, or as abridging their respective jurisdictions 
over all portions of their respective territories until the inhabitants 
thereof shall have come under the full jurisdiction of the city of 
New Haven in accordance with the terms and provisions of section 
218 of this act. 

Src. 224. All officers of said city in office when this act takes 
effect shall continue to hold office for the terms for which they 
were appointed or elected, as the case may be, and are hereby 


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invested with the powers conferred by this act and the powers and 
duties conferred upon them by the general laws of this state not 
inconsistent with the provisions of this act. 

Src. 225. The court of common council of the city of New 
Haven shall appoint agents of the town deposit fund of New 
Haven, who shall perform all duties and have all the powers con- 
ferred upon agents of town deposit funds appointed by towns. 

Sxo. 226. This act shall be a public act, and all acts or parts of 
acts, public or private, inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed 
so far as the effect upon this act is concerned ; but no acts hitherto 
repealed shall be revived by such repeal. 

This act shall not repeal any provisions in the resolutions of the 
general assembly approved July 1, 1895, concerning street pave- 
ments and bonds, and amendments thereto, or the act concerning 
the establishment of a public hospital for contagious diseases, 
approved June 28, 1893. 

No rights, privileges, or immunities vested in said city or in any 
person against said city shall be deemed to be impaired by such 
repeal, and all actions brought against said city or prosecutions for 
the breach of any ordinance or by-law, shall be proceeded with as 
though this act had not been passed. All offenses committed or 
penalties incurred shall be prosecuted as though this act had not. 
been passed. Said repeal shall not affect any act done or right 
allowed unless by law otherwise provided. ' 

All lawful city ordinances and any regulations or by-laws of said 
city in force and not inconsistent herewith are hereby continued in 
effect until the same shall be duly amended by competent author- 
ities; provided, that all such ordinances, regulations, and by-laws 
shall be deemed to be and hereby are amended, as as to confer 
upon the proper officers and boards the power and authority and 
duties that are hereby conferred or imposed upon them. 

Sxo. 227. This act shall take effect July 2, 1899. 

Approved, June 20, 1899. 


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APPENDIX. 


SPECIAL ACTS 


RELATING TO 


New Haven and New Haven Harbor. 


An Acr to EstapuisH A Boarp or HARBOR COMMISSIONERS FOR 
New Haven Harpor. 


Be wt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 
General Assembly convened: ” 


Section 1. The governor, with the advice and consent of the 
senate, shall before the first day of July next, appoint five compe- 
tent persons, resident in the city of New Haven, or in the town of 
East Haven, who shall constitute a board of harbor commissioners 
for New Haven harbor, and who shall hold their offices from the 
dates of their respective appointments, and for the terms of one, 
two, three, four, and five years, respectively, from the first day of 
J uly next, the term of each to be designated at the time of his 
appointment. The governor shall, in like manner, before the first 
day of July in every year after this year, appoint a commissioner 
to continue in office for the term of five years from said day; and 
in case of any vacancy occurring in the board, by resignation, or 
otherwise, shall, in the same manner, appoint a commissioner ‘for 
the residue of the term, and may in the same manner remove a 
commissioner ; ; provided, that in case of a vacancy occurring when 
the general assembly is not in session, the governor alone shall 
have power to fill such vacancy, but the ‘commissioner so appointed 
shall hold office only until the next session of the general assembly, 
and until his successor is appointed, unless confirmed by the senate. 

Src 2. Said board of harbor commissioners shall have the 
general care and supervision of New Haven harbor and its tide- 
waters, and of all the flats and lands flowed thereby, in order to 
prevent and remove unauthorized encroachments and causes of 
every kind which are liable to interfere with the full navigation of 
said harbor, or in any way injure its channels, or cause any reduc- 
tion of its tide-waters. They may, from time to time, make such 


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surveys, examinations, and observations as they may deem neces- 
sary, in said harbor, for said purpose, and employ for these pur- 
poses competent engineers, and also employ such clerical and 
other assistance as they may think necessary. They shall have an 
oftice in the city of New Haven, where the maps, charts, and plans 
connected with said harbor, records of all their doings, and all 
documents relating to their business shall be kept. 

Src. 38. Whenever, in the judgment of said board of harbor 
commissioners the public good requires, they may proceed to pre- 
scribe harbor lines in said harbor, beyond which no wharf, pier, or 
other structure shall be extended into said harbor, and shall report 
the same for the consideration of the general assembly at its next 
session: provided, however, that said commissioners, before draw- 
ing any such line, shall appoint a convenient time and place for the 
hearing of all persons interested, and shall give notice thereof by 
pea two weeks successively in two or more newspapers pub- 
ished in the city of New Haven, the first publication to be at least 
twenty days before the time of hearing. 

Src. 4. All persons whatsoever contemplating the building over 
said harbor and tide-waters, any bridge, wharf, pier or dam, or the 
filling any flats, or the driving any piles below high water mark, 
shall, before beginning it, give written notice to said commissioners 
of the work they intend to do, and submit plans of any proposed 
wharf or other structure, and of the flats to be filled, and of the 
mode in which the work is to be performed; and no such work 
shall be commenced until the plan and mode of performing the 
same shall be approved in writing by a majority of said commis- 
sioners. And the said commissioners shall have power to alter 
the said plans at their discretion, and to prescribe the direction, 
limits, and mode of building the wharves and other structures, and 
all-such works shall be executed under the supervision of said com- 
missioners. 

Sec. 5. The amount of tide-water displaced by any structure 
or filling of flats hereafter authorized as aforesaid, shall be ascer- 
tained by said commissioners, and they shall, in all cases affecting 
said New Haven harbor, if they shall deem it necessary, require 
the parties making the same to make compensation therefor, either 
by excavating in some part of said harbor, including tide-water 
channels between high and low water mark, to such an extent as 
to create a basin for as much tide-water as may be displaced by 
such structure or filling of flats, and the same shall be done under 
the direction of said commissioners, or by paying in lieu of per- 
forming the work of dredging to restore the displaced tide-water 
a sufficient sum of money for making such compensation, or by 
improving the harbor in any other mode to the satisfaction of said 
commissioners ; and all money thus paid shall be paid into the 
treasury of the city of New Haven, and be reserved as a compen- 
sation fund for said harbor, and used for that purpose under the 
direction of said commissioners: provided, that all dredging made 
for purposes of such compensation for displaced tide-water shall 
in no wise injure any existing channels, but as far as practicable 
shall be directed toward their permanent improvement. 


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Src. 6. Any erection or work hereafter made in any manner 
not sanctioned by said commissioners, where their direction is 
required, as hereinbefore provided, within tide-waters flowing into 
or through said harbor shall be deemed, and is hereby declared to 
be, a public nuisance. Said commissioners shall have power to 
order suits in the name of the state to prevent or stop, by injunc- 
tion or otherwise, any such erection, or other nuisance in the tide- 
waters flowing into or through said harbor, and such suits shall be 
conducted by and at the expense of the city of New Haven. 

Sec. 7. Said commissioners are authorized and empowered, 
whenever they deem it necessary, to apply to Congress for appro- 
priations for protecting and improving said harbor. 

Src. 8. All expenses incurred by said commissioners shall be 
paid by the city of New Haven in the same manner as is now pro- 
vided in the charter of said city for the payment of other claims 
and accounts, but no contracts shall be made, and no acts done by 
said commissioners which involve the payment of any money from 
the treasury of said city, except as herein provided, without an 
appropriation expressly made for that purpose by the court of com- 
mon council of said city. 

Sec. 9. For the purposes of this act New Haven harbor shall 
be held to inelude all those lands over which the tide ebbs and 
flows, lying northerly of a line drawn from the southerly limit of 
Oyster River Point, upon the westerly side of said harbor, as laid 
down upon the chart of said harbor, published in the year 1846, 
by the United States coast survey, thence easterly to Ludington 
Rock, so-called, and thence to the point called South End, upon 
the easterly side of said harbor, as laid down upon said map: pro- 
vided, that the provisions contained in the fourth and fifth sections 
of this act shall not apply to that portion of said harbor lying 
southerly of a line drawn from a point two hundred feet southerly 
from Oyster Point, so-called, thence easterly across said harbor to 
the signal station of the United States coast survey upon Crane’s 
Bar, so-called: and provided further, that the provisions contained 
in said sections shall not apply to any wharf already commenced 
upon the easterly side of said harbor, between said Crane’s Bar 
and the easterly abutment of Tomlinson’s bridge, so-called. 

Src. 10. Nothing contained in any of the provisions of this 
act shall be construed to authorize or empower said commissioners 
to grant or convey to any person or persons any right or title in or 
to any of the tide-water flats of said harbor. 

Src. 11. This act shall take effect from its passage. 

Approved, June 27, 1872. 


State vs. Sargent & Co., 45 Conn., 358. 


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An Act PROVIDING THAT ONE MEMBER OF THE Boarp oF HArR- 
BOR CommIssIONERS FOR New Haven HaARrpor SHALL RESIDE 
IN West HAVEN, AND INCREASING THE NUMBER TO SIX, ETC. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Gen- 
eral Assembly convened : 


Src. 1. Section first of chapter sixty-first of the Special Acts 
and Resolutions of the General Assembly, May Session, 1872, 
being an act entitled “An Act to establish a Board of Harbor 
Commissioners for New Haven Harbor,” is hereby amended so 
that the number of harbor commissioners for New Haven harbor 
shall consist of six, one of whom shall always be a resident of the 
borough of West Haven, in the town of Orange, and shall be 
appointed, and his place, in case of vacancy for any cause, or at the 
expiration of his term of office, filled as provided in said act; 
said sixth commissioner shall be first appointed at this general 
assembly, and shall hold his office for five years, from the first day 
of July, A. D. 1874. 

Src. 2. Sections fourth and fifth of said act are hereby made 
applicable to that part of New Haven harbor, as defined in said 
act, which is known as West Haven harbor. 

Src. 8. Provided, however, that all the expense of removing 
unauthorized encroachments and causes of every kind, which are 
liable to interfere with the full navigation of said West Haven 
harbor, or in any way injure its channels, or cause any reduction 
of its tide-waters, shall be paid only by ‘‘The warden, burgesses, 
and freemen of the borough of West Haven,” which corporation 
is hereby authorized to pay such expenses: provided, that at a legally 
warned meeting of the freemen of said borough, held for that 
purpose, said borough shall decide to pay such expense. 

Seo. 4. This act shall take effect from its passage. 

Approved, July 17, 1874. 


ABSTRACTS FROM GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO New Haven 
HARBOR. 


Src. 3243. No wharf, pier, or other structure, shall be extended 
into or over tide-water beyond the line hereinafter defined in that 
portion of New Haven harbor hereinafter described lying between 
Tomlinson’s bridge, so-called, and Long wharf, so-called; the line 
starts from a point which is the intersection of the southerly face 
of the wing wall of the westerly abutment of Tomlinson’s bridge, 
with the easterly face of the steamboat company’s wharf, and runs 
westerly to a point on the easterly side of Long wharf, distance 
fourteen hundred and ninety feet from the intersection of said 
easterly side of Long wharf with the southerly face of Basin 
wharf, so-called. Said harbor line is a curved line passing through 
the following described points, viz: a point on the westerly side of 
the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company’s 
coal wharf, distant nine hundred and forty feet from the southerly 


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line of East Water street, measured on the line of the easterly side 
of said coal wharf; also through a point on the center line of the 
East street outlet sewer, distant eleven hundred feet from the 
southerly line of East Water street, measured on the center line of 
said sewer ; also through apoint distant twelve hundred and sixty- 
five feet from the southerly line of East Water street, measured 
on aline at right angles to East Water street, from the north- 
westerly corner of East Water and Wallace streets; also through 
a point distant fourteen hundred and twenty feet from the south- 
erly line of East Water street, measured on a line at right angles 
to East Water street, from the northeasterly corner of East Water 
and Hamilton streets ; also through a point distant sixteen hundred 
and ninety-five feet from the southerly line of East Water street, 
measured on a line at right angles to East Water street, from the 
northeasterly corner of East Water and Franklin streets; also 
through a point on the easterly side of the New Haven and North- 
ampton Company’s wharf, and distant fifteen hundred and seventy- 
five feet from the intersection of the easterly line of said wharf, 
with the southerly face of Basin wharf, so-called. Said harbor 
line is more fully shown, as a broken black line on a map of the 
“ Upper New Haven Harbor,” dated 1872, and on file in the office 
of the board of harbor commissioners for New Haven harbor, 
said map also forming part of this Jayout. 

Src. 3244. Nothing contained in the preceding section shall be 
construed to give authority to any person to extend or construct a 
wharf, pier, or other structure in New Haven harbor between said 
Tomlinson’s bridge and said Long wharf. 

Src. 83245. Any party who shall feel aggrieved by any act of 
the board of harbor commissioners for New Haven harbor in 
reference to the building over said harbor and the tide-waters 
thereof, any bridge, wharf, pier, or dam, or the filling any flats or 
driving any piles below high-water mark, or in reference to the 
making of compensation for the displacement of the tide-water of 
said harbor, may make written application for relief to the supe- 
rior court to be held in and for New Haven county at its session 
next after the doing of the act by which he claims to be aggrieved ; 
provided, that he shall give notice to said board of harbor com- 
missioners of his said application, by causing a copy of said appli- 
eation to be left with the clerk of said board of harbor commis- 
sioners, or at his usual place of abode, before the commencement 
of said session of said superior court, and within thirty days after 
the doing of the act by which he claims to be aggrieved. Said 
superior court may, by committee or otherwise, inquire into the 
allegations of such application duly made as aforesaid, and may 
confirm, annul, or modify the action of said board of harbor com- 
missioners, or make such order in the premises as equity may 
require, and may award costs to either or neither party at its 
discretion. 

Src. 3246. Every person who shall deposit or assist in deposit- 
ing any substance except oyster shells in New Haven harbor, or 
off its mouth within two miles of Southwest Ledge lighthouse, or 


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in Bridgeport harbor or off its mouth within three hundred feet 
outside of the outer bar, so-called, or in the waters adjacent to said 
harbor below Yellow and Old Mill bridges, or in Stamford harbor, 
or off its mouth inside of a direct line drawn from Captain’s Island 
Light, off Greenwich, to the buoy on Old Cow Reef off Shippan 
Point, shall be fined not less than fifty ner more than five hundred 
dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; but this 
section shall not prevent the owners of land adjacent to said har- 
bors from building wharves therein. 

Sec. 8247. The city court of New Haven, and any justice of 
the peace in the towns of New Haven and East Haven, shall have 
cognizance of all complaints for violations of the preceding section 
in New Haven harbor or vicinity, and the city court of Bridgeport 
and any justice of the peace in the towns of Bridgeport and Strat- 
ford shall have cognizance of all complaints for violations thereof 
in Bridgeport harbor, and any justice of the peace or the borough 
court in the town of Stamford shall have cognizance of all com- 
plaints for violations thereof in Stamford harbor. 


An ACT ESTABLISHING Harpor Lines In New Haven Harpor. 


Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Lepresentatives in 
General Assembly convened 


Szc. 1. No wharf, pier, or other structure shall be extended 
into or over tide-water in those portions of New Haven harbor 
hereinafter described beyond the lines hereinafter defined, viz.: 
Commencing at a point in the harbor line established in 1878, four 
hundred feet perpendicularly distant easterly from the easterly 
face of Canal wharf, so-called; thence running northwesterly, 
parallel with the easterly face of said Canal wharf, about sixteen 
hundred and fifty-four feet, to the southerly line of Brewery street ; 
thence running southwesterly along the southerly line of Brewery 
street, about four hundred and fourteen feet, to’ the easterly face 
of said Canal wharf, so-called; thence southeasterly along the face 
of said Canal wharf, fifteen hundred and fifty-one feet, to its inter- 
section with said harbor line established in 1878. 

Src. 2. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to give 
authority to any person or persons to extend or construct a wharf, 
pier, or other structure in those portions of New Haven harbor 
above described. 

Src. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage, and shall not 
affect any suit now pending. 

Approved, April 30, 1895. 


An AcT CONCERNING THE PLacinG oF OxpstrRucTIons IN Harpors. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Lepresentatiwes in 
General Assembly convened: 
Whenever any person shall place any obstruction or erect any 


structure in New Haven harbor, within the jurisdiction of the 
board of harbor commissioners for New Haven harbor, in this 


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state, contrary to the order or without the consent of the board of 
harbor commissioners for New Haven harbor, said board may 
order such person to remove such obstruction or structure, and in 
case he shall fail to do so within such time as said board shall fix, 
said board may remove the same and collect the expense of such 
removal from the person responsible for such obstruction or strue- 
ture; but the right of appeal given in section 3245 of the general 
statutes shall apply to and stay any order made by said board under 
the provisions of this act. 
Approved, April 22, 1897. 


An Act aivine City or New Haven Avrtuoritry to EstTaBLisH 
Pusriic WHARVES. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 
General Assembly convened: 


Sec. 1. The court of common council of the city of New 
Haven shall have authority to make, alter, and repeal ordinances 
to provide for laying out, grading, discontinuing, altering, estab- 
lishing, and making public wharves, public landing places, and 
publie slips, below high-water mark within the limits of the city of 
New Haven, and to provide for the protection of all sewers and 
sewer outlets which are or may be constructed below high-water 
mark within the limits of said city; and for the aforesaid purposes, 
said court of common council is hereby authorized and empowered 
to extend any highway or highways within said city upon or across 
the flats of New Haven harbor, subject to the approval of the 
board of harbor commissioners for New Haven harbor, whenever 
and in whatever direction, in the opinion of said court of common 
council, the public good may require. 

Src. 2. The board of public works of the said city shall have 
the same powers and duties in respect to the layout, construction, 
management, and control of such extension of highways as it now 
has in respect to existing highways within the limits of said city. 

Src. 3. Said city may take and occupy so much of the flats of 
New Haven harbor lying below high-water mark as may be neces- 
sary for the purposes aforesaid, in the same manner as is now pro- 
vided in the charter of said city, for taking land for a highway, 
and, in all such cases, damages and benefits may be assessed in the 
same manner and upon the same notices as is now provided in said 
charter for such assessments in the case of land taken for a high- 
way. 

Src. 4. This act shall take effect from its passage. 

Approved, June 13, 1895. 


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An AcT AUTHORIZING THE Crry oF New Haven to Estasiisu 
AND MarntTAIN A HospitaL ror Contaacious DISEASEs. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 
General Assembly convened : 


Szo. 1. The city of New Haven is hereby authorized to estab- 
lish, provide, and maintain for said city a public hospital for the 
reception and treatment of patients suffering from contagious and 
infectious diseases, except small-pox and typhus fever, who, in the 
opinion of the board of health of said city, should be admitted to 
said hospital. Said hospital shall be known as the city hospital. 

Src. 2. Said city is authorized for such purpose to procure, by 
purchase or lease, lands necessary for said hospital within the limits 
of the town of New Haven, and to construct thereon a suitable 
building. 

Sec. 3. Said city is authorized to appropriate not to exceed 
$50,000, for such lands and buildings, and to appropriate annually 
such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance thereof. 

Src. 4. Said hospital shall be under the charge of the board of 
health of said city, and subject to the rules established by said board 
and the by-laws of the city of New Haven. 

Src. 5. Said city is authorized, if it deem it proper, to contract 
with any existing institution for the care and attendance of such 
patients, such contract to run for not exceeding ten years, and may 
be renewed thereafter. 

Src. 6. The court of common council of the city of New Haven 
is hereby authorized and empowered, by the concurrent vote of a 
majority of the members of each branch of said court, subject to 
the approval or disapproval of the mayor of said city, as provided 
in-the charter of said city, to issue under the corporate name and 
seal and upon the credit of said city negotiable bonds or other 
negotiable certificates of indebtedness to an amount not exceeding 
$50,000, which bonds shall be denominated hospital bonds of the 
city of New Haven; and the same, or the avails thereof when 
sold, as hereinafter authorized, may be appropriated by said court 
of common council to the payment of any expenses incurred by 
said city in purchasing, building, or providing lands or buildings 
for said hospital. Said bonds or certificates may be issued in such 
sums, and shall be prepared, signed, and authenticated in such 
manner as the court of common council may determine. Said 
bonds or certificates shall be of such denomination as shall be 
determined by said common council, and shall be payable at such 
time as they shall provide, not later than twenty years from the 
date of issue, and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four 
per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, and may be sold 
from time to time under the direction of the mayor and board of 
aldermen of said city; and said bonds orecertificates, when issued 
as aforesaid shall be obligatory upon the city of New Haven to all 
intents and purposes, and may be enforced and collected in the 
same manner and to the same extent that debts contracted by 


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municipal corporations in this state are enforced. Said bonds or 
certificates shall also be exempt from taxation. 
Approved, June 28, 1893. 


An Aor AvrTrnorizing THE Orty or New Haven To Issur 
Bripek Bonps. 


Resolved by this Assembly : 


Sxo. 1. That the city of New Haven be, and the same hereby 
is, authorized and empowered to issue under the corporate name 
and seal, and upon the credit of said city, bonds or other certifi- 
cates of debt to an amount not exceeding in the whole the par 
value of one hundred thousand dollars, which bonds shall be 
denominated bridge bonds of the city of New Haven, and the 
same or the avails thereof when sold may be appropriated by said 
city, by the vote of its court of common council, to the payment of 
any expenses incurred by said city in the construction of new 
bridges, and for no other purposes. 

Src. 2. Said bonds may be issued in such sums, and shall be 
prepared, signed, and authenticated in such manner as said city 
by its court of common council may determine; shall be made 
payable not more than twenty years from the date of their issue; 
shall bear interest at the rate of not exceeding four per centum 
per annum, payable semi-annually ; and may be sold from time to 
time under the direction of the mayor and aldermen of said city ; 
and said bonds or certificates, when issued as aforesaid, shall be 
obligatory upon the city of New Haven to all intents and purposes, 
and may be enforced and collected in the same manner and to the 
same extent that debts contracted by municipal corporations in this 
state are enforced. 

Approved, July 1, 1895. 


An Act AvtHorizing tHE City or New Haven To Issvt 
STREET PAVEMENT Bownps. 


Resolved by this Assembly : 


Src. 1. That the court of common council of the city of New 
Haven be and it is hereby authorized and empowered, by a concur- 
rent vote of a majority of the members of each branch of said 
court, present and absent, subject to the approval or disapproval of 
the mayor of said city, as provided in the charter of the city, to 
issue, under the corporate name and seal and upon the credit of 
the city of New Haven, bonds or other certificates of debt, which 
bonds shall be denominated street pavement bonds of the city of 
New Haven; the amount of said pavement bonds issued under this 
act shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars, and the same, 
or the avails thereof, when sold as hereinafter authorized, shall be 
appropriated by said court of common council to the payment of 
any expense incurred by said city, in the original construction in 
said city of new and so-called permanent pavements; but no por- 


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tion of said bonds or avails shall be used for any other purpose 
whatsoever. Any avails of the sale of said bonds may be tempo- 
rarily borrowed by the city, as provided in section eighty-seven of 
city ordinances, for the purpose of meeting current expenses of the 
city ; provided, said temporary loans shall not in any way interfere 
with the use of said funds for the purpose of permanent pavements, 
nor shall any loan be made from said funds for a period of more 
than four current months. Of the bonds issued at any time by 
said city one-quarter shall be payable five years from date, one- 
quarter ten years from date, one-quarter fifteen years from date, and 
one-quarter twenty years from date. Said bonds shall be prepared, 
signed, and authenticated in such manner as the said court of com- 
mon council may determine, and they shall bear interest at a rate 
not exceeding four per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, 
and may be sold from time to time under the direction of the 
mayor and board of finance of said city. And said bonds or cer- 
tificates, when issued as aforesaid, shall be obligatory upon the said 
city of New Haven to all imtents and purposes, and may be 
enforced and collected in the same manner and to the same extent 
that debts contracted by municipal corporations in this state are 
enforced. : 

Sec. 2. All pavements laid by authority of this act shall be 
laid upon the credit of said city, and under the direction and con- 
trol of its common council, and said city shall have power to collect 
a part of the costs of such pavements from the persons and parties, 
and in the manner hereinafter provided, to wit: On all streets or 
parts of streets upon which abutting land owners have never paid 
the city any assessment for a pavement, such land owners on each 
side of such streets, or parts of streets, shall be assessed and shall 
severally pay to the city the cost of one square yard of such pave- 
ment as shall be laid for every foot of such abutting land. On all 
streets or parts of streets upon which abutting land owners have 
paid to the city assessments for pavements heretofore laid, such 
land owners on each side of such streets or parts of streets shall be 
assessed and shall severally pay to the city the cost of three and 
one-half square feet of such pavement as shall be laid for every 
front foot of abutting land, and all public abutting land shall be 
assessed at the same rate as like private abutting land, hereinbefore 
described. On all streets occupied by the track, or tracks, of any 
railway company, or companies, said company or companies shall 
‘be assessed and shall severally pay to the city the cost of paving 
and repaving the full length, and nine feet wide for each and every 
line of track of such railway or railways, now existing, or that may 
hereafter be laid in any street of said city. All such assessments 
on the hereinbefore described abutting land owners and railway 
companies shall be payable at such time or times as may be deter- 
mined by the court of common council. All the cost of such paye- 
ments, as may be laid under the provisions of this act, above the 
costs collectible from the abutting land owners and the railway 
companies, as hereinbefore provided, shall be paid by the city, 
which shall have and own all materials removed when old pave- 


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ments are reconstructed or repaired, and all collections from said 
abutting land owners, said railways, all the premiums on said bonds 
and the proceeds of the sale of such old materials, shall be added 
to the proceeds of the sale of said bonds to be used exclusively for 
the construction of said permanent pavements. 

Approved, July 1, 1895. 


EXTENDING THE PowrR oF THE City of New HAVEN UNDER 
THE RESOLUTION APPROVED JuLy 1, 1895, AUTHORIZING THE 
Crry or New Haven to Issurt Street Pavement Bonps. 


Resolved by this Assembly : 


Src. 1. That the city of New Haven is hereby authorized and 
empowered to expend the proceeds of the street pavement bonds 
authorized by the resolution of this assembly, approved July 1, 
1895, in payment of all sums of money due under any contract 
entered into by said city for the construction of new and so-called 
permanent pavements, although said contracts shall include a 
clause by the party contracting to build said pavements, to keep 
the same in repair for any period of years not exceeding fifteen. 

Src. 2. In estimating the cost of each square yard to be 
assessed against the persons and railroad companies mentioned in 
section two of, said resolution, the entire cost of laying the pave- 
ment, and the agreement to keep said pavement in repair for a 
period not exceeding fifteen years, shall be considered. 

Approved, March 24, 1897. 


An Aot AUTHORIZING THE City Court or Nrw HAveEN TO 
Appoint INTERPRETERS. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 
General Assembly convened : 


The city court of New Haven may appoint interpreters whose 
duty shall be to interpret testimony when found necessary, and 
who shall receive a reasonable compensation to be fixed by said 
court. 

Approved, July 9, 1895. 


An Act ProvipIngc FOR A STENOGRAPHER FOR THE City CouRT 
oF New Haven. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 
General Assembly convened 


Sec. 1. The city court of New Haven is hereby authorized and 
empowered through its presiding judge, in every civil action pend- 
ing before it, to appoint or call in some suitable and competent 
stenographer to take the evidence in any civil action pending 
before it, and such stenographer so appointed or called in by the 


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presiding judge shall have all the powers of and the evidence 
taken by such stenographer shall have the same effect, and be 
evidence to the same extent, as evidence taken by the official 
stenographer of the superior court. 

Sec. 2. The compensation of such stenographer shall not 
exceed ten dollars per diem, and for fractions of days at the same 
ratio; and the compensation for making copies shall not be higher 
than that tixed by law for copies made by the official stenographer 
of the superior court. 

Sro. 8. The expenses of said stenographer shall be paid in the 
same manner as the other court expenses of maintaining and 
carrying on the business of said court. 

Src. 4. This act shall take effect from its passage, and shall 
affect pending actions. 

Approved, February 25, 1897. 


AvTHORIZING THE New Haven Ciry Scuoou District to Issuz 
Bonps. 


Resolved by this Assembly: 


Sec. 1. That the board of education of the New Haven city 
school district be and it hereby is authorized and empowered, from 
time to time, as said district at any legal meeting may have pro- 
vided, to issue coupon or registered bonds in the name and upon 
the credit of said district, to an amount not to exceed five hundred 
thousand dollars, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per 
centum per annum, and payable at such times as said board may 
determine, but not more than fifty years from the date of issue, 
and authenticated in such manner as said board of education may 
direct. Said bonds shall be issued and their proceeds used only 
for the purpose of paying the existing indebtedness of said district 
at the time of said issue, and for the purpose of erecting, furnish- 
ing, and equipping a new high-school building, under authority 
from said district; provided, however, that none of said bonds 
shall be sold at any time at less than their par value. 

Sro. 2. In the event of the consolidation of the New Haven 
city school district with the city of New Haven, the authority 
hereinbefore given is hereby conferred upon the board of educa- 
tion of the city of New Haven; said bonds to be issued in the 
name and upon the eredit of said city in such manner as may be 
provided by taw for the execution and authentication of bonds 
issued by and in behalf of said city, and said bonds shall be issued 
only for the purposes aforesaid. The board of finance of said 
city shall provide for the payment of principal and interest of said 
bonds, in the same manner provided by law for the payment of 
other obligations of said district. 

Approved, March 23, 1897. 


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AUTHORIZING THE City or New Haven to Issur Bringer 
Bonps. 


ftesolved by this Assembly: 


Sec. 1. That the city of New Haven be and hereby is author- 
ized and empowered to issue, under the corporate name and seal 
and upon the credit of said city, bonds or other certificates of debt 
to an amount not exceeding in the whole two hundred and ninety 
thousand dollars, which bonds shall be denominated bridge bonds 
of the city of New Haven, and the same or the avails thereof, 
when sold, may be appropriated by said city, by the vote of its 
court of common council, to the payment of any expenses incurred 
by said city in the construction of bridges and the approaches 
thereto, and for no other purposes. 

Src. 2. Said bonds may be issued in such sums, and shall be 
prepared, signed, and authenticated in such manner, as said city by 
its court of common council may determine; shall be made pay- 
able not more than twenty years from the date of their issue ; shall 
bear interest at the rate of not exceeding four per centum per 
annum, payable semi-annually ; and may be sold from time to time 
under the direction of the mayor and aldermen of said city; and 
said bonds or certificates, when issued as aforesaid, shall be obliga- 
tory upon the city of New Haven to all intents and purposes, and 
may be enforced and collected in the same manner and to the same 
extent that debts contracted by municipal corporations in this state 
are enforced. 

Src. 3. None of the bonds issued by the city of New Haven 
under the authority of this resolution shall be sold below par. 

Approved, March 24, 1897. 


An Act REtatine To A BripGE ovER West RIVER IN THE 
Town or ORANGE. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Gen- 
eral Assembly convened: — 


Src. 1. Whenever the United States government, for the bene- 
fit of commerce, shall order a new bridge over the main channel 
of West river, at Kimberly avenue, in the town of Orange, whether 
the same be a raised, draw or lift bridge, or such changes to be 
made in the existing bridge on said avenue as shall require the con- 
struction of a new bridge, one-half the cost of such bridge, of its 
construction and approaches, and of its maintenance, shall be borne 
by the city of New Haven, and the other half by the town of 

_Orange; and if a draw or lift bridge is ordered, the cost of its 
operation shall also be borne equally by the city of New Haven 
and the town of Orange. 

Src. 2. Whenever the order or orders contemplated in section 
one of this act shall be made by the government of the United 
States, the division line between the city of New Haven and the 
town of Orange, between the points hereinafter mentioned, shall 


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thereafter be as follows: commencing ata point in the center of 
West river where the tracks of the New York, New Haven and 
Hartford Railroad Company cross the same, thence extending 
southerly along the center of the main channel of said West river 
until it is intersected by a line running from a point of the beach 
in New Haven harbor north eighty degrees west. 

Src. 38. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are 
hereby repealed. 

Approved, June 12, 1897. 


PRovIDING FOR DRAINAGE IN THE Town or New HaAveEn. 


Src. 1. The town of New Haven, acting by and through the 
board of selectmen thereof, is authorized and empowered within 
the limits of said town to take, acquire, appropriate, and hold for 
the purposes of drainage and sewerage, and to protect and preserve 
the public health, at such times and in such manner as the public 
health in the opinion of said board of selectmen may require, real 
and personal property, and any and all streams and water-courses, 
natural and artificial, or any portion thereof, and any rights con- 
nected therewith, may also raise, fill up, and drain low grounds, 
may deepen, clear out, alter and straighten said streams and water- 
courses, remove therefrom, and from the bounds thereof, all build- 
ings, walls, dams, and obstructions of all kinds, construct and main- 
tain sewers and other channels for the flow of water, maintain and 
establish the bounds of said water courses, streams, sewers and 
channels, within which it shall not be lawful for any person to 
place or continue any building, wall, dam, or other obstruction, 
without a written license from said board of selectmen. 

Src. 2. Said selectmen, with their agents, may enter upon any 
lands to make preliminary surveys and measurements to carry into 
effect the provisions of this act. 

Src. 8. Before taking any property or rights under this act, 
said selectmen shall cause to be made a survey and map containing 
a description, so far as practicable, of the lands, streams and 
water-courses, and rights to be taken and appropriated, and shall 
cause reasonable notice to be given to all known owners of land, 
streams, or rights proposed to be taken, to appear before said board, 
at such time and place as shall be designated in said notice, and 
show cause, if any they have, why such lands, streams, water- 
courses, or rights should not be taken and appropriated. Such 
notice shall be written or printed, signed by at least a majority of 
the board of selectmen, and a copy thereof left by any person, at 
least six days before the day appointed for the hearing, with or at 
the usual place of abode, if within the town of New Haven, of 
such owner, shall be sufficient notice to such owner. | 

Any judge of the supreme court of errors or superior court, or 
court of common pleas may, by his order of notice, direct what 
notice shall be given to owners who reside out of said town of 
New Haven, and notice given pursuant to such order of notice 
shall be sufficient. Said board of selectmen shall meet at the time 


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and place specified in said notice, and may adjourn from time to 
time, and to such place as may to them seem best, and said board 
shall hear all parties in interest who may appear before them to 
object to the proposed action. And said board of selectmen may 
alter and vary their proposed action, taking more or less land, 
property, and rights, as may to them seem best, and immediately 
after such hearing shall have been completed, said selectimen shall 
cause said survey and map embracing any such alterations as may 
have been determined upon to be filed in the office of the town 
clerk of New Haven, and thereupon such lands, property, streams, 
water-courses, and rights shall be deemed to be taken and appro- 
priated for public use, and said board of selectmen may thereupon 
proceed to occupy said lands, property, streams and water-courses. 

Sro. 4. The special benefits accruing to any person whose prop- 
erty is specially benefited by reason of any act done or improve- 
ment made under this act shall be payable by such person to said 
town, and all damages done shall be paid by said town. If said 
board of selectmen do not agree with the parties interested as to 
the benefits to be assessed on account of any act done or improve- 
ment made under this act, any judge of the supreme court of 
errors or superior court shall, on application of said selectmen 
or of any person interested, or whose property or rights are taken, 
after causing such notice of the pendency of such application as 
he shall deem just and reasonable, appoint. three judicious and 
disinterested freeholders of the county of New Haven, to estimate 
the damages and benefits resulting from said acts or improve- 
ments, and said committee having been duly sworn and having 
given notice of the time and place of their meeting for the purpose 
aforesaid, by publishing the same not less than twice in a news- 
paper published in the town of New Haven, and by giving 
notice to all known owners, residing in the state of Connecticut, 
of lands or rights to be taken and appropriated, by causing a copy 
of a notice signed by a majority of said committee, of the time, 
and place and purpose of said meeting, to be left with or at the 
last usual place of abode of such owner, at least six days before 
the time appointed for such hearing, shall meet at the time and 
place designated, and adjourn from time to time, and having heard 
all parties in interest who shall appear, shall determine what par- 
ties will be damaged by said acts and improvements, in excess of 
special benefits, and the amount thereof, also what parties owning 
or interested in lands, easements, or rights within a reasonable 
distance of said improvements, or where such acts are done, will 
receive special benefit over all damage, and the amount thereof, 
and also what parties, if any, will receive an equal amount of 
damage and benefit; said committee shall report in writing, to the 
superior court of New Haven county, on the first Tuesday of the 
month, except July and August, next succeeding the day of their 
last meeting herein provided for, and said court may confirm, cor- 
rect by re-assessment or otherwise, or set aside said report, as he 
may deem just, in which latter case said committee, or a new one 
to be then appointed by said court, shall proceed as before, and 


said report being finally accepted by said court, all corrections 
determined upon by said court having been made, said proceedings 
and report shall be recorded by the clerk of said court, and the 
award of damages and benefits therein contained shall be final; 
and said original papers shall be kept by said clerk among the files 
and records of said court, and execution shall be issued in favor 
of each person entitled thereto for such damages so awarded to 
him. 

Src. 5. Such assessments of benefits shall not be limited to 
the amount of damages assessed, and shall be and remain a lien 
upon the land or other property specially benefited as assessed ; 
provided, that such lien shall not remain for a longer period than 
sixty days after such report has been accepted by said court, unless 
the said board of selectmen shall file with the town clerk of said 
town within sixty days a certificate signed by a majority of said 
selectmen, describing the property on which the lien exists, and 
the amount claimed as a lien thereon. 

Src. 6. All amounts due said town under this act shall be 
collected by the tax collector, he having received a proper warrant 
therefor under the hands of said selectmen, in the same manner as 
taxes due said town are collected. 

Src. 7. If no person can be found to receive the amount of 
damages assessed, or if any person refuse to receive the amount 
assessed to him as damages, such sums shall be deposited with the 
town treasurer to the credit of the person entitled thereto. 

Src. 8. No act shall be done pursuant to this act within the 
limits of the city of New Haven, without the written consent of 
the board of road commissioners, or by virtue of a resolution of 
the board of aldermen of said city; and said selectmen shall erect 
and maintain dams and flood-gates if required by the board of 
health of said city, and operate the same as may be directed from 
time to time by said board, and shall cause the sewerage and 
drainage herein provided for to be done and performed under the 
supervision of said board of health, and shall cause such filling and 
other things and acts to be done as in the opinion of said board of 
health may be necessary to promote, protect, and preserve the 
public health. 

Src. 9. The action of a majority of the members of said board 
of selectmen or of said committee shall in all cases be deemed the 
action of the whole board or committee, as fully as if every mem- 
ber thereof were present and participated in such action, and no 
member of said committee, in this act provided, shall be disquali- 
fied or be deemed interested by reason of his being a taxpayer of 
said town or city of New Haven, or residing therein. 

Src. 10. This act shall be a public act and shall take effect 
from its passage. 

Approved, April 14, 1881. 


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[Susstirure ror Senate Biri No. 16.] 
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AN GAOT 


AMENDING AN Act ConcrerRNING PERMANENT PAVEMENTS IN THE 
City or New Haven. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Gen- 
eral Assembly convened : 


Section two of the act concerning permanent pavements in the 
city of New Haven, approved April 28, 1899, is hereby amended 
by inserting, after the word “named” and before the word “be” 
in the thirteenth line of said section, the words “except crushed 
stone,” so that said section as amended shall read as follows: Bene- 
fits and damages shall be laid under the control of the court of 
common council and assessed by the bureau of compensation of the 
city, as provided in the charter of said city, for or against all 
owners of property abutting upon or adjoining the streets on which 
such pavements are constructed; which assessment for such benefits 
shall not exceed per lineal foot of frontage seventy-five cents for 
dimension granite block pavement, sixty cents for asphalt pave- 
ment, fifty cents for vitrified brick pavement, and twenty cents for 
crushed stone pavement, if said bureau shall find that the property 
is benefited to at least that amount; provided, however, that no 
assessment shall be laid unless the grauite block, asphalt, and vitri- 
fied brick pavements shall each be provided with not less than four 
inches in thickness of concrete cement foundation, and that all the 
pavements named, except crushed stone, be provided with vitrified 
brick gutters. 

Approved, March 21, 1901. 


[Hovsre Birt No. 90] 
[133. ] 
AN VACT 


To Provint Funps ror tHE MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC 
Parks IN THE OCrry or New HaAveEn. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Gen- 
eral Assembly convened : 


Srction 1. The court of common council A the board of 
finance of the city of New Haven may annually assess upon the 
grand list one-fifth of one mill on the dollar for the maintenance 
and improvement of the public parks in the city of New Haven. 

Src. 2. The receipts from the assessment provided for in section 


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one of this act shall be expended under the direction of the New 
Haven commission of public parks, for improvements made upon 
the public parks of said city. 

Src. 3.. Not more than six thousand dollars of said receipts 
shall be expended in any one year upon any one park in said city. 

Sno. 4. The board of finance of said city may appropriate from 
any balance in the treasury of said city, not otherwise appropriated, 
the sum of seven thousand dollars for the purchase of land for 
park purposes, and the improvement of the public parks in said 
city by and under the control and management of the New Haven 
commission of public parks during the year ending December 31, 
1901. 

Src 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are 
hereby repealed. 

Src. 6. This act shall take effect from its passage. 

Approved, April 16, 1901. 


[SusstirutE ror Hovsr Birt No. 467.] 
[136.] 


AN A 


EsTABLISHING A Paving ComMISSION IN THE Ciry or NEw 
Haven. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 
General Assembly convened : 


Srction 1. There shall be in the city of New Haven a com- 
mission on permament pavements, consisting of one alderman, 
who shall be elected by the board of aldermen in the month of 
June in each year, one councilman, who shall be elected by the 
board of councilmen in the month of June in each year, and three 
other citizens of New Haven to be appointed by the mayor during 
the month of June, 1901, none of whom shall hold any other office 
in the government of said city or be interested in the business of 
furnishing paving material or of laying pavements; one of the 
citizens to be named by the mayor shall be appointed for a term 
of three years, one for a term of two years, and one for a term 
of one year from the first day of July, 1901. During each 
month of June thereafter the mayor shall appoint one member of 
said commission who shall hold office for a term of three years 
from the first day of July next succeeding his appointment. The 
members of said commission shall serve without pay. 

Src. 2. Said commission may, if it deem necessary, and sub- 
ject to the approval of the board of finance, employ a clerk at a 
salary not exceeding five hundred dollars per annum, and incur any 
other expense subject to the approval of said board of finance, 
which expense shall be paid by the city of New Haven. Said 


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commission shall submit an estimate of its expenses annually to 
the board of finance, on or before the tenth day of October in 
each year. 

Seo. 3. The court of common council shall order upon what 
streets a permanent pavement shall be laid. 

Src. 4. Said commission shall determine what kind of a per- 
manent pavement shall be laid upon the streets so ordered by the 
board of common council, and they shall make contracts therefor, 
in the manner prescribed by the city charter and ordinances, and 
do all things necessary to the proper construction of the same. 

Seo. 5. The construction of said permanent pavements shall 
be superintended by the city engineer, and he shall prepare plans 
and specifications, appoint such inspectors as he may deem neces- 
sary, with the approval of said commission, and perform such 
other services as the commission may direct. 

Sec. 6. All permanent pavements ordered by the court of 
common council, but not contracted for at the time that the said 
commission is appointed, shall come under the jurisdiction of this 
act. 

Sec. 7. Assessments for the expense of laying such pavements 
shall be made as provided by the city charter and ordinances. 

Src. 8. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are 
hereby repealed. : 

Seo. 9. This act shall take effect from its passage. 

Approved, April 17, 1901. 


[Senate Birt No. 110.] 
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AEN MOA OT 


AmeEnpING AN Act EstapiisHinc A Paving CoMMISSION IN THE 
City or New Haven. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Gen- 
eral Assembly convened ; 


Section 1. Section one of an act establishing a paving commis- 
sion in the city of New Haven, approved April 17, 1901, is hereby 
amended to read as follows: There shall be in the city of New Haven 
a commission on permanent pavements consisting of five citizens of 
New Haven, to be appointed by the mayor during the month of 
June, 1901, none of whom shall hold any other office in the govern- 
ment of said city or be interested in the business of furnishing 
paving material or of laying pavements; one of the citizens to be 
named by the mayor shall be appointed for a term of five years, 
one for a term of four years, one for a term of three years, one for 
a term of two years, and one for a term of one year from the first 
day of July, 1901. During each month of June thereafter the 


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mayor shall appoint one member of said commission who shall hold 
office for a term of five years from the first day of July next suc- 
ceeding his appointment. The members of said commission shall 
serve without pay. At no time shall more than three members of 
said commission be of the same political party. 

Src. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. 

Approved, June 17, 1901. 


[Hovse Britt No. 562.] 
[137.] 
AN ACT 


CoNCERNING PERMANENT PAVEMENTS IN THE City or New Haven. 


Be ut enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Gen- 
eral Assembly convened : 


Section one of the act concerning permanent pavements in the 
city of New Haven, approved April 25, 1899, is hereby amended 
to read as follows: The board of finance of the city of New Haven 
shall annually assess upon the grand list a sum not exceeding one 
mill on the dollar for the paving of streets, and the receipts from 
said assessments, and from all other assessments resulting from the 
construction of street pavements herein provided for, shall only be 
expended in payment for the original construction of pavements 
herein enumerated. 


Approved, April 17, 1901. 


[SusstirutE For Housr Birt No. 481.] 
[ 236. ] 


AN ACT 


AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE City or New HAven Concern- 
ING THE ABATEMENT OF TAXES. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Lepresentatiwes in Gen- 
eral Assembly convened: 


Sxotion 1. There shall be in the city of New Haven a commit- 
tee which shall be known as the tax committee. 

Src. 2. Said committee shall consist of the following members: 
The mayor, ex-officio, the controller, ex-officio, the assistant corpora- 
tion counsel, ew-officio, one member of the board of aldermen, to be 
elected by said board, one member of the board of common council- 
men, to be elected by said board, and two other citizens, to be 
appointed by the mayor. 


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Sxo. 8. Said tax committee is hereby authorized to direct as to 
the settlement, compromise, adjustment, correction, or abatement 
of any claim for taxes or assessments which now appears to be due 
on the books of the tax collector of New Haven to the city of New 
Haven, including interest and cost of liens. 

Sro. 4. It shall be the duty of said tax collector to settle, com- 
promise, adjust, correct, or abate such claims in accordance with 
such direction, and it shall be the duty of the controller to adjust 
his accounts in accordance with such direction. 

Src. 5. No deduction or abatement shall be made by said tax 
eommittee on the ground that the property on which such tax was 
laid was assessed at too high a valuation. 

Sro. 6. No deduction or abatement made or directed to be made 
by said committee shall have any effect unless signed by at least 
five members of said committee. 

Sro. 7. The city clerk shall be, ex-officzo, the clerk of said com- 
mittee. He shall keep, in a book for that purpose, a complete 
and systematic record of all deductions and abatements made by 
said committee and shall transmit promptly to said tax collector a 
copy of the same. 

Src. 8. Neither the clerk nor any member of said committee 
shall receive any pay for his services. 

Src. 9. The term of said committee shall be from July 1, 1901, 
to December 31, 1902. | 

Src. 10. Any vacancy in said committee shall be filled in 
the same manner as that by which the previous incumbent was 
selected. 

Src. 11. This act shall take effect June 15, 1901. 

Approved, May 8, 1901. 


[Hovusr Birt No. 581.] 
[ 387. ] 
AN ACT 


ConcERNING THE Boarp oF RELIEF OF THE City or New Haven 
AND APPEALS FROM THE ACTION THEREOF. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 
General Assembly convened : 


Section 1. All persons who had appeals from the action of the 
board of relief of the city of New Haven pending in the superior 
court for New Haven county on the fifteenth day of April, 1901, 
under the special acts relating to the re-assessment of real estate in 
said city, are hereby given an extension of time until the twenty- 
first day of July, 1901, for taking appeals under the general stat- 
utes from the doings of the board of assessors of said city to said 
board of relief in respect to the valuations and assessments of any 


of their property in said city, made as of the first day of October, 
1900; and the time for all such persons to take appeals to the 
superior court from any action of said board of relief, upon appeal 
to it as aforesaid, is hereby extended to the nineteenth day of Sep- 
tember, 1901. 

Src. 2. Said board of relief shall meet on the first Monday of 
July, 1901, having given at least ten days’ notice of the time and 
place of such meeting by posting such notice on the public sign- 
post in said city and publishing it in some newspaper published 
therein, and may adjourn from time to time to a day not later than 
the first Monday of September, 1901, on or before which date said 
board shall complete the duties imposed upon it by this act. 

Src. 8. At such meeting any person who had an appeal pend- 
ing in court as aforesaid, and who claims to be aggrieved by the 
doings of said board of assessors in respect to such valuations and 
assessments, may appeal therefrom to said board of relief, which 
shall determine all such appeals according to law, and shall have 
the same powers and duties in respect thereto, together with such 
additional powers as are hereinafter conferred, which said board 
of relief would have had if such appeals had been duly taken to 
said board at its annual meeting in January, 1901. 

Src. 4. No such appeal from the doings of said board of asses- 
sors shall be heard or entertained by said board of relief, unless 
preferred to it at its meeting on the first Monday of July, 1901, or © 
at some adjourned meeting held within twenty days thereafter. 

Src. 5. Any such person claiming to be aggrieved by the action 
of said board of relief hereinbefore authorized may make an appli- 
cation in the nature of an appeal therefrom to the superior court of 
New Haven county, which shall be accompanied by a citation to 
said city to appear before the said court on the first Tuesday of 
October, 1901, on which day such application and citation shall be 
returnable. Such application and citation shall be served and 
returned in the same manner as is required in case of a summons 
in a civil action. 

Src. 6. The authority issuing said citation shall take from the 
applicant a bond of recognizance to said city, with surety, to prose- 
cute the application to effect and to comply with and conform to 
the orders and decrees of the court in the premises. 

Src. 7. Such applications shall be preferred cases to be heard 
by the court at the first session, unless good cause appear to the 
contrary; and the pendency of such applications shall, subject to 
the order of the court, thereupon suspend action upon the tax 
against the applicants, but shall not suspend proceedings in collect- 
ing other taxes. 

Sec. 8. Said court shall have power to grant such relief as shall 
to justice and equity appertain, upon such terms and in such man- 
ner and form as appears equitable, and, if the application appears 
to be without probable cause, may tax double or triple costs, as the 
case shall appear to demand, and upon all such applications costs 
may be taxed at the discretion of the court. 

Src. 9. The failure of any person, who had an appeal from said 


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board of relief pending in the superior court for New Haven 
county on the fifteenth day of April, 1901, as aforesaid, to give in 
a list duly made and sworn to by him as prescribed by law, shall 
not prevent such person from taking an appeal to said board of 
relief or to said court as hereinbefore provided; and said board of 
relief and said court shall have the same powers in reference 
thereto as said board or court would have had if such list duly 
made and sworn to had been given in to said board of assessors as 
prescribed by law, and the provisions of section 3856 of the gen- 
eral statutes shall not apply to any such appeal. 

Src. 10. This act shall take effect from its passage. 

Approved, June 5, 1901. 


[SusstituTE For Hovusr Birt No. 451.] 
[461.] 


; AN ACT 


AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE City or New HAvEN AND 
ABOLISHING THE BoARD OF CoUNCILMEN 
OF SAID CITY. 


Be iw enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 
General Assembly convened : 


Section 1. The board of councilmen of the city of New Haven 
is hereby abolished on and after the first week day of June, 1902. 

Src. 2. All of the powers and duties heretofore vested or 
imposed by the charter of said city, or by any special or public act 
of the general assembly, in or upon the court of common council 
of the city of New Haven, are hereby vested and imposed in and 
upon the board of aldermen on and after the-first week day of 
June, 1902. 

Src. 8. Section six of the charter of said city is hereby 
amended to read as follows: On the third Tuesday of April, 1902, 
the freemen of said city shall elect by ballot from among their 
number, as prescribed by law, six aldermen at large, who shall hold 
their respective offices for the term of one year from and after the 
first week day of June next succeeding their election. On the 
third Tuesday of April, 1903, and on the third Tuesday of April 
in every second year thereafter, the freemen of said city shall elect 
by ballot from among their number, as prescribed by law, a mayor, 
controller, treasurer, clerk, collector, city sheriff, and six aldermen 
at large, who shall hold their respective offices for the term of two 
years from and after the first week day of June next succeeding 
their election. No person shall vote for more than four aldermen 
at large at any election. 

Src. 4. Section seven of the charter of said city is hereby 
amended to read as follows: In each of the wards of said city 


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which bears an odd number, the freemen thereof shall, on the third 
Tuesday of April, 1902, and on the third Tuesday of April in each 
second year thereafter, elect by ballot, as prescribed by law, one 
alderman, who shall hold office for the term of two years from and 
after the first week day of June next succeeding his election. In 
each of the wards of said city which bears an even number, the 
freemen thereof shall, on the third Tuesday of April, 1903, and 
on the third Tuesday of April in each second year thereafter, elect 
by ballot, as prescribed by law, one alderman, who shall hold office 
for the term of two years from and after the first week day of 
June next succeeding his election. 

Sec. 5. Section eight of the charter of said city is hereby 
repealed. 

Src. 6. Section ten of the charter of said city is hereby 
amended to read as follows: The mayor shall be chief executive 
officer of the city, and shall be at least thirty years of age. He 
shall have been a legal voter and resident of the city for the five 
years immediately preceding his election, and shall reside in the 
city during his term of office. Whenever there shall be a vacancy 
in the office of mayor, or whenever the mayor shall be prevented 
by absence from the city, by illness, or by any other cause, from 
attending to the duties of his office, the president of the board of 
aldermen, and in his absence such president pro tempore as the 
board of aldermen may elect, shall act as mayor until the mayor or 
such president of the board of aldermen, as the case may be, is 
again able to assume the duties of his office or until the vacancy 
shall be filled by election, and said acting mayor shall have all the 
rights, powers, and duties of said mayor, except the powers of 
appointment and removal, until the vacancy is filled or the mayor 
is again able to act. 

Src. 7. Section forty-one of the charter of said city is hereby 
amended to read as follows: There shall be in said city a depart- 
ment of finance, which shall be under the control of a board con- 
sisting of the mayor, who shall be its presiding officer, the con- 
troller, two aldermen, who shall be elected by the board of alder- 
men in the month of June in each year, and three citizens, none 
of whom shall hold any other office in said city government, and 
to be appointed as hereafter provided; but said elections and 
appointments shall be so made that not more than four members of 
said board shall at any time belong to the same political party. 
The necessary expenses of said board shall be paid by the city, but 
no member of the board shall be paid for his services. 

Src. 8. Section eighty-seven of the charter of said city is hereby 
amended to read as follows: The three citizen commissioners of 
East Rock park aforesaid shall hold their respective positions, and 
their successors shall be appointed, pursuant to the provisions of 
the act incorporating East Rock park in the city of New Haven, 
passed at the January session, 1880, and amendments thereto. The 
citizens appointed as park commissioners by the mayor, under the 
act of 1897, shall continue to hold office during the terms for which 
they were appointed, unless sooner removed for cause in accordance 


with the provisions of the charter of the city of New Haven; and 
in the month of December, 1899, and in each December thereafter, 
the mayor shall appoint one citizen as a park commissioner, to hold 
office for three years from the first day of January next following. 
In the month of May, 1902, and in every second May thereafter, 
the mayor shall appoint two aldermen to be park commissioners 
during their term of office. No park commissioner shall be 
removed except by a vote of the board, but the mayor may fill any 
vacancy that may occur, except among the commissioners of East 
Rock park, by appointment of the same character for the unex- 
pired term. 

Src. 9. Section ninety-nine of the charter of said city is hereby 
amended to read as follows: There shall be in said city a depart- 
ment of the public library, which shall be under the management 
and control of a board of library directors. Said board of direc- 
tors shall have charge of all the property of said city used for the 
purposes of said library, and shall direct the expenditures of all 
money placed at its disposal by the city, from whatever source 
derived. Said board shall consist of nine directors, who shall be 
residents of said city and serve without pay. The members of 
said board of directors holding office when this act takes effect 
shall continue to hold their respective offices until the term for 
which they were appointed shall expire, unless sooner removed for 
cause in accordance with the provisions of the charter of said city. 
In January, 1900, and in every third year thereafter, the mayor 
shall appoint one director, who shall hold office for three years 
from the date of his appointment ; and in January, 1901, and every 
third year thereafter, and in January, 1902, and every third year 
thereafter, the mayor shall appoint three directors to hold office for 
three years from the date of their appointment. In January, 
1902, and annually in said month thereafter, the mayor shall also 
appoint two directors of said library to hold office for the 
remainder of said year, who shall be members of the board of 
aldermen. 

Sro. 10. The assistant city clerk of said city shall be clerk of 
the board of aldermen and make true and regular entries of all 
votes and proceedings of the said board of aldermen. 

Src. 11. Section one hundred and twenty-nine of the charter 
of said city is hereby amended to read as follows: No by-law or 
ordinance shall be put upon its passage in the board of aldermen 
until it shall have been printed for examination, and no by-law or 
ordinance shall be put upon its passage until it shall have been 
referred to and reported by a suitable committee after a public 
hearing. No other vote, resolution, or measure, except reports 
from the director of public works concerning assessments, shall be 
put upon its passage, except by unanimous consent, until it shall 
have been referred to and reported by a suitable committee after a 
public hearing, nor until, after the report of such committee, it 
has been twice read to said board. But the second reading of such 
vote, resolution, or measure shall not take place until at least one 
week has elapsed from the time of the first reading, unless the 


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mayor shall send to said board a special message reciting that the 
particular vote, resolution, or measure is of an emergency nature 
and that immediate action is necessary, in which event such second 
reading may take place upon the same day of the original reading, 
and the printing of the same be dispensed with. Every such vote, 
resolution, or measure shall, after the same has been reported by an 
appropriate committee, be printed for examination at the request 
of one-fifth of the members present, except in the instance of an 
emergency message from the mayor. No ordinance shall be of 
force or effect until it shall have been published at least three times 
in all of the daily papers published in said city, nor until one week 
after its enactment. 

Src. 12. This act shall be a public act, and all words, phrases, 
acts, or parts of acts, public or private, inconsistent herewith are 
hereby repealed so far as the effect upon this act is concerned ; but 
no acts hitherto repealed shall be revived by such repeal. No 
rights, privileges, or immunities vested in said city or in any person 
against said city shall be deemed to be impaired by such repeal, 
and all actions brought against said city, or prosecutions for the 
breach of any ordinance or by-law, shall be proceeded with as 
though this act had not been passed. All offenses committed or 
penalties incurred shall be prosecuted as though this act had not 
been passed. Said repeal shall not affect any act done or right 
allowed unless by law otherwise provided. All lawful city ordi- 
nances and any regulations or by-laws of said city in force and not 
inconsistent herewith are hereby continued in effect until the same 
shall be duly amended by competent authority ; provided, that all 
such ordinances, regulations, and by-laws shall be deemed to be and 
hereby are amended so as to confer upon the proper officers and 
boards the power and authority and duties that are hereby conferred 
or imposed upon them. And all powers and authority conferred 
by the ordinances now in force upon the court of common council ° 
are hereby conferred upon and vested in the board of aldermen. 

Src. 13. Sections three, four, five, eight, and nine of this act 
shall take effect from its passage. All the other sections of this 
act shall take effect on the first week day of June, 1902. 

Approved, June 14, 1901. 


[Houszt Birt No. 589.] 
[511.] 
AN ACT 


To EstrapiisH AN IsoLATION HosPiITAL IN THE Ciry oF NEw 
HAVEN. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 
General Assembly convened : 

Sxction 1. The act of the general assembly entitled “ An Act 

amending the Charter of the City of New Haven,” approved June 


Po eee 


28, 1893, which authorized the city of New Haven to establish 
and maintain a hospital for contagious diseases, is hereby repealed. 

Src. 2. The board of health of said city of New Haven is 
hereby authorized and empowered to establish, provide, equip, and 
maintain for said city, a public hospital for the reception and treat- 
ment of patients suffering from contagious and infectious diseases, 
except small-pox and typhus fever, who shall be admitted thereto 
by said board. Said hospital shall be known as the isolation 
hospital of the city of New Haven. 

Src. 38. Said board of health is authorized for the purposes 
aforesaid to procure by purchase or lease, within the city of New 
Haven, any lands suitable therefor, and to erect and equip the 
necessary buildings thereon, at an expense not to exceed the sum 
of fifty thousand dollars. 

Src. 4. Said hospital shall be under the charge of the board of 
health of said city, and subject to the rules established by said 
board and the by-laws of said city. And said city shall annually 
appropriate such sums as may be necessary for the proper main- 
tenance of said hospital. 

Src. 5. In order to provide funds for the purchase of lands for 
said hospital and for the erection and equipment of the buildings 
thereon, the controller of said city of New Haven is hereby 
required to prepare and issue the negotiable bonds of said city of 
New Haven, not exceeding in amount the sum of fifty thousand 
dollars, which bonds shall be designated the isolation hospital 
bonds of the city of New Haven. Said bonds shall be issued 
under the corporate name and seal of the city of New Haven and 
be signed by the mayor and treasurer, and countersigned by the 
controller of said city. They shall be in such denominations as 
the controller shall determine, and be payable not later than 
twenty years from the date thereof, and bear annual interest not 
to exceed four per centum, payable semi-annually, and be free of 
taxes. The controller shall issue said bonds, from time to time, as 
he may be notified by the board of health that they are required 
for the purposes of this act, and shall dispose of them to the highest 
bidder, but at not less than their par value, and shall use the avails 
thereof, not exceeding the sum of fifty thousand dollars, in the 
payment of any bills or other obligations contracted by the board 
of health in the purchase of a site for said hospital, and in the 
erection and equipment thereof. Any surplus, derived as pre- 
miums in the sale of said bonds or remaining after such purchase, 
erection, and equipment, shall be reserved and applied as a sinking 
fund for the ultimate payment of said bonds. 

Src. 6. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to 
authorize the expenditure by said board of health, in the perform- 
ance of its duties under this act, of a greater amount than fifty 
thousand dollars, nor to authorize said board to dispense with the 
requirements of the charter and by-laws of said city, with respect 
to making contracts for city work and supplies, except that the 
power to make and award such contracts as may be required under 
this act shall be vested exclusively in said board of health. 


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Sec. 7. The mayor and controller of the city of New Haven 
are hereby empowered and directed to sell and dispose of the tract 
of Jand in said city, heretofore purchased by said city as a site for 
a contagious disease hospital, bounded by Atwater, Bailey, and 
Dover streets, and Clinton avenue, to the highest bidder or at 
private sale, as they may deem best for the interest of the city, 
and to give a good and valid deed therefor, and the avails of such 
sale shall be added to the sinking fund provided for in section five 
of this act. 

Src. 8. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are 
hereby repealed, and all proceedings of the court of common 
council of the city of New Haven heretofore had or taken which 
are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed 
and set aside; provided, that this repeal shall not affect any pri- 
vate rights that may have been acquired, in good faith, under such 
proceedings, prior to the passage of this act; and provided further, 
that if the city of New Haven shall within one year from the 
passage of this act establish, equip, and provide for the main- 
tenance of such hospital in accordance with the provisions of said 
act, approved June 28, 1893, then this act excepting section 7 
thereof shall become null and of no effect; and the proceeds of 
the sale of the lot provided for in section 7 shall be added to the 
sinking fund of said city. 

Src. 9. This act shall take effect from its passage. 

Approved, June 17, 1901. 


[Houst Jornr Resotution No. 496.] 
[535. ] 


AUTHORIZING THE City oF New Haven to Sexi Certain LAND. 


Leesolved by this Assembly: 


Srotion 1. That the city of New Haven is hereby authorized, 
upon vote of the court of common council of said city, to sell to L. 
Wheeler Beecher a tract of about two acres of land on the south- 
west corner of the land formerly owned by the Hartford Retreat 
for the Insane, and condemned by said city as an addition to West 
Rock park, said two acres being bounded southerly and westerly 
by land of the Diamond Match Company, and easterly and westerly 
by the remainder of the tract so condemned. 

So. 2. Said court of common council may appoint, by resolu- 
tion, some proper person to execute a deed of said land so author- 
ized to be sold to said Beecher, and to receive and pay to the 
treasurer of said city the sum paid by said Beecher for said land. 

Approved, June 17, 1901. 


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PU BeiCeAC LT. 


[SusstirutE For Hovusr Birt No. 558.) 
[Chapter 61. ] 


ey AOE 


RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF Voters IN New HaAven anp Dan- 
BURY WHO ARE INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSES IN SAID Towns. 


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Lepresentatives in 
General Assembly convened : 


All electors entitled to vote at any election in the cities or towns 
of New Haven and Danbury, who are inmates of the almshouses 
in either of said places, except the paid employés of said munici- 
palities at said almshouses, shall be registered on the list of electors 
for and vote as residents of their last place of registration in said 
towns prior to becoming inmates of said almshouses. 

Approved, May 14, 1901. 


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INDEX. 


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UN) ees G HARPER” 


A 
Sec 
Abatement of nuisances, by Board of Health -.---_-.---------- 94 
TASORA UGG Ole mae ee ere see cote eee - 32 
PSE OL Sy OF ee ree ee oe eek oe ee 10 
Abuse of power, etc., cause for removal from office.-..----_--- 139 
Abusing or obstructing the Mayor, penalty for _._..----------- 13 
Accounts and claims approved by Board of Finance-----._--_-- 25 
audited monthly by Controller ---.-.-.--- 22 
MOV POLG we An ae iy ee eee le 25 
DOWNWETINOU Myc teeta nue tet: Cea 25 
Conwollemtorkeapw whats. sscee soe See ee 20 
erropory quarterly igo, Woe eee os eee 22 
examination by Board of Finance --..__..------..--- 42 
final statement of officer.... ---------- me M ahs pat eat 27 
form to be prescribed by Controller .-----.- Pee aa 21 
of officers to be audited, when _.-.....---.-.-------- 20 
etc., may be examined, how-.--.----------- 12 
ACh UMRVOL DOWErE OL iu woes Pea Te ree eh 10 
City Clerk, validity -of sacte- of: 2 2 Oe 36 
Mite aCUMBIRLONG, SODCRL OLaS ewe fies cose! oto e Bee ooe eS 226 
IRL OTIDIEMU) GULL POR) ous eels hte ee Riek ee So ar PAIS? eh hu 206 
AVOnts OL property, How NoOtfed 22 82)! PL Se 79 
Agentsrof town deposit funds. 12 fe5.02 2 (22s le ee eae 225 
RAC OTiiesi SORT Rat te teens oo ste ts a Rath WAL ole dt oh 12 
to adopt rules of procedure ---.----------- 127 
Clerk dtsiiece soceree ven ot fee el 35 
to elect member of Board of Finance-.--- -- - 41 
elections in, how made _.........-....--.- 130 
President of, how chosen _........-------. 126 
to be Acting Mayor, when-...- 10 
quorum of, and how obtained ____---..---- 127, 128 
mastings.of, how called \2u70 2 ale. tank 222 127 
and Councilmen, in 13th, 14th and 15th wards, right 
to vote; whensel fo cy2 eee see eee YSU toca 216 
election of in 13th, 14th and 15th wards --...---_--- 216 
How GON0sONn sre sec emcees aoe tee cee es wees o 7 
ineligible as bondsmen for liquor dealer ___.---.---- 63 
punishable for disorderly behavior .....--.--------- 127 
POTIAR OLS 3 2 oa seed Woe Pe oor aged eer ed Sao a 7 
(See Board of Aldermen.) 
maunenoiee srecord of inmates) io sales a ee Se 203 
? Superintendent of, appointment of.-..-.---.-.---- 204 
to have direction of 2.2. 2.2y2. 2.022 205 


104 ‘ INDEX. 


Animals, cruelty to, power de punishment for.---- 
power de impounding of....---.----.--- 
power de regulating speed of.....------- 

Annexation of school districts...........-. ---..- 

Annex, police and fire protection in ---_---.------ 

Annual reports of departments and officers.-_------ 

Appeals from assessments, to be privileged ._----_- 

order for walk, curb or gutter.--.--- 
orders de railroad bridges_-.--------- 
papers, copy to be served on city clerk ---- 
from removals by Mayor. -2222--<2.4.22- 
how made in case of removal of officers... 
criminal, ‘trom City Courtscee este 

Appointees, qualifications of.___.........--..--.- 

Appointments, null and void, when-_.---..._------ 

in Police and Fire Departments ---- 


meee He ee ee ee ee 


power of Court of Common Council de.-..-...-- 


Apprentices, indenture of 


must not exceed estimated income 


Appropriations, to be acted upon, when ___-_.---.- 
annual estimates of -...--.------- 
Controller’s report on .....--..... 
for Department of Education .._.- 
departments to be heard on.------ 


not to be exceeded by Park Commissioners. ---- 


for library: 25 2-tee eee eee 


must be made before improvements ordered --- 


not.to be overdrawn eo ee eee 
LOT: Darks < se  eee  e 


powers of Court of Common Conneil' de> san 


for receptions, parades, etc. -.---- 
reported, how changed ..--------- 
formechoolmuildings a. ses 
for schools, how used ......-..--- 


special, for school grounds or buildings--.---.-- 


state, for school purposes_----.--- 
transfer of, how made.-.--------- 


to be used only for purpose named 


Arrosis, doty of police dec, Bees ce pe eee 

Assessments, how adopted ---- - Mitt ceils. citede eae = 
appeal from, papers, how served .--- - 
appeal from, to be privileged _-_-_---.. 
for benefits collectible when .--..---- 
of benefits to remain a lien _.-__-__-- 
to be collected by Collector ._..._.---- 
how estimated solu o lend ae a ae tote 
not to exceed cost of improvement --- 
for improvements, how made--.-.--- 
on joint owners of land -_------_-_-- ; 
‘when legally deemed to be made--_--- 
how mado 25.3025" Os san eens 


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INDEX. 

Sec 
Assessments, notices for sprinkling streets _...-.-..... ....---. 136 
ninet be published went... 6o ss ol oes 81 
for relief; funiie eee rae e  : Se se Sea 66 
to be reported to Court of Common Council------- 84 
for sprinkling streets not to be advertised _.___-.-. 136 
for street sprinkling, power de_....-.-.-----.--.- 137 
and taxes, warrant for collection of -...-.--..._-- 31 
validity of, court may inquire -.................- 85 
Assessors, Board of, how appointed and constituted...._...---- 211 
powers and duties of --..___- ap Dn ee 211 
RAAT Minton Ole oo cu ose Sako awe es oS 211 
Assistance to police, citizens required to give, when --__----__- 198 
Assistant City Attorney, how appointed ---.-...-...--....---- 165 
powers and duties of 2... ...ce2255.5- 191-193 
HOW PCR ed see eae et 191 
SALARY GL gem caer sees Je 2. Se OSS 171 
City Clerk, appointment of yt. tte. Lia sudeo. Le 36 
DONG seen pees a eele is ub.o. lee es eo 36 
GUuAbGH ANG POWeLOlgcen:\...2 > /mesdace. 36 
BALAYS Of tee eeeteae oe ee ate, se eee oe 40) 
Clerk of City Court, appointment of -..._.........-- 165 
DOWers ObMeuaret scone noe ee 167 
Corporation Counsel, appointment and duties of -.--- 18 
to collect unpaid taxes, etc._..-- d2 
SE IEE COL irene) ste ee i NE 40 

Sealer of Weights and Measures, appointment and 
BubhOritwol 2e- Sere en ts tea SS et oe 37 
Associate Judge of City Court, how appointed.-.-____----..--- 165 
DOW RISIOL Bae ee eee eee 166 
Phone vewicy ADDON GMenmOt oo eet doses tne. tS Soe 166 
FABSIStAN Gy, GDROUNmMer ocr iets oo estes 166 
Audit of accounts of officers, when and how made __-_.--.----- 27 
Auditing accounts, etc., power of Mayor ---.....----..-...---- 12 
Arye! Alc tea yo VOLE hOW OFOGrOGcs. .-ae os vou ww eeie. <5 sine os oe 127 

B 

Bastardy cases, authority of City Court de ----....----..-.---- 173 
Beggars, powers de punishment of 7 seo te oe ea Joost 137 
Benefits and damages, appeal from ...-....-+..-.....<2------- 85 
ABSORAIRONE Of ce du sclera «Sia acy Re ee 78 
to be estimated and reported._........-- 80 
report de, to be published .---.--.------ 81 
wher levally levied #12) 2.52. 'Je.25, aus 81 
Bequests and donations, City may receive........-...--------- 137 
Saoralos: power de speediGlir ce as cele hele ye SE 137 
Eramanovproposals, how mate Cosy otuee a2 -- + aet sel eriosta'n 156 
Billiards and bowling, power de licensing of....-..------------ 137 
Bills against City, must be approved by Board of Finance ...--- 20, 42 
certified; how=o 2 uate ec Cen odg phe 25 
Controller must not certify to, when._-_.--.- 24 
HOW. VOrilOd on) Stakes el asaG eee seen ee 25 


10, 


106 


Bill posting, power de licensing 
Blind, statistics de 


Board of Aldermen, how composed 
to adopt rules of procedure 


Clerk of_.- 


elections in, how made 
meetings of, how called 
President of, how chosen 


INDEX. 


Of .4), Be ee See ee oe 


ees 


nn | 


to be Acting Mayor, when---- 


punishment of: members 2-2-2202 222eie... 
quorum of and how obtained..-...._-.---. 
(See Aldermen.) 


of Assessors, how appointed and constituted 
powers and duties of 
terms of --- 


jee ee Me eM we ew ee ee ee Ke ee ee 


able-bodied persons furnished 

shelter, WHTON BLL eee ae 
annualreport of 55, teeeee. 
appointments and removals by 
appointment and terms of ---- 
cane ol poor: sss st sees aoe 
to employ manager of Spring- 


Bide ELOMme see ane ee 
notices and summons, how 

SOTVOR Spee ee ee ae ae 
POWEIE OL se eee eee = 
powers de workhouses.--.---- 
to keep record of cases ..-..--- 
Superintendent of, how ap- 


pointed 


of Civil Service Commissioners, how constituted and 


Appointed Cape 


of Civil Service Commissioners, rules of 


tenn 6 Of fo eee eee 


of Compensation, to assess benefits and damages--------- 
Clerk of 75222. See one ese Geers 
how constituted and appointed -------- 
to notify property owners, when----_-- 


report of 
to report assessments 


of Councilmen oo Je 


to adopt rules of procedure_-_....-..-_--- 


Clerk of _- 


| 


to elect member of Board of Finance_-__-.-- 


election of 


ee 


elections in, how madel2tu. Fe geese pee ee 
meetings of, how ealled .4. 0200. 22s. 
President: of, how: chosen 2. 7220 wee eee 


punishment of members 


to be Acting Mayor, when --- 


Sec. 


137 
8 
125 
127 
30 
41 
130 
127 
126 
10 
127 
128 


211 
211 
211 
201-206 


202 
208 
204 
201 
202 


204 


206 
206 
206 
203 


201 


117 
118 
117 
78 
77 


INDEX. 


Board of Councilmen, quorum of and how obtained 


of Education, annual report of _...---------. 


to appoint Superintendent of S 


chools.___-.. 


appointment and terms of __..------------ 
appointment of Secretary. ..-.........---- 
to have control of funds ...._.---- are sees 
GQuties Ofte! aceasta lucas ss esl ee 
employes, exempt from Civil Service__-.._- 
PIOUS Ole i she sees oo. wet eS Oo} 
vacancies in, how filled: ....... 22.2 ...5.0. 
WOMSI! OUPIDIC L0e gia Jeo co dan. oso atl od 
of Finance, to appropriate school funds..-__..----._---- 
to appropriate for concerts, parades, etc. --.- 
to appropriate funds for library__--.--.-.---- 
to appropriate funds for parks___......--.-- 
ChANPTGVO DUIS rhe toces esse ute teaor cade x 
GOP BU DLOVE ARIATIOS. OFC) 551s SS Se ng 
to approve salaries of Health Officer, etc. .__- 


tO; DOTTOW: MONG Ya. J neu toe wee 


CSleviks Ole wear ea bee ea ate ata oe Oe ntl 2S 
VOnirolear ai piecn: Wat eee ds Ses ok wes 
Tay CIACOUD © LAXO6 tn dact eee ee ee oe 
duties de bonds of officers _....-.....------- 


to examine claims, ete. ...---.--- 


OXDONsES Obes us we eben ee 


to fix salaries of Assessors’ clerks 
salaries of Board of Compe 


nsation..... 


BAATION NES GUGTICN So 8 8. pe tare 2 

tax rate......>.- Rots raed eterna ns 
general duties and powers of._..-------.---- 
to direct deposit of funds..-..--......--.--- 
to hold weekly meetings-_........----...-.- 
to levy schooltance eres saws ack otto ene 
Registrars: assistants: Golo. 22.5555 2. sce 


Town Clerks’ assistants_.....--. 


to regulate office hours, when-----...------- 
reports of, published, when .--.--.--..-.--- 


powers and duties of 


(See Fire Commissioners.) 


’ of Health, to abate nuisances, etc. --....---- 


appointment and terms of office of.---..------ 
to receive police assistance...-_-.------------- 
to. regulate sale of foodl e650 SUL ees... 


PUTIsdIGUON. Of atone te sale 


power to appoint Health Officer, inspectors, etc. 
POWers: We GxXPaNGiturews — Sots sma 


Sec. 


127-128 
112 
106 
105 
106 
168 
106 
118 
106 
105 
146 
110 

4 
102 
92 
25 


155 


41 


108 INDEX. 


Board of Health, power of, in case of spread of contagious diseases 
roles to be published 2. LU. -Jo2 Wehee see ee 
of Library Directors, may appoint necessary employes-.-.. 
appointment and terms of _.__..---. 
of Park Commissioners. (See Park Commissioners.) 

of Police Commissioners. (See Police Commissioners.) 
of Relief, how appointed and constituted._.-..-----._-_-- 
POWers Aud duties Of fw. Sie eae es 
term and. salary oles) 5.25252 ane sees 
Boilers, steam, power de regulation of ........-------.-------- 
Bonds of :Assistant Oity Clerk 32 eee Re eee 
of City ‘Attorney and Assistant. 22h eee ee 
Clerk -odib eee Se eet eek We 
for. City officers, City toipayifor oF oo. 2 oe eee 
of (lerk:of City, Conrh. 2) abies ere che a oe er 
of (Gollector. Foo venta eee ea eee 
OI GOTTTACUS i as Si oe eee ic ee eae 
of Dontroller. 2 eee MB Sta yk oy a ee eas mel 
in criminal cases, who may take_...-.----2.-5.---.--2- 
and ‘deeds'to be signed ‘by Mayors (22s. en ere eee. 
of Directorof Public Works ooo. ee 
forfeited, colleeted how... 2. cecsees eek Leeann 
for liquor dealers, not to be given by officers ------------ 
or motesivorder for payments. -. eee ee eee eee 
not to be given for contractors by City officers..-.------- 
for: prosecution of charges. 3-5 genset. eel ene eee 
power, to require when <_. 36. ogee tee ae ee oe 
of Registrar of Vital Statisttes 22 sess 2 a ee ee ese 
of Sinking Mund Commissioners. see eee ees ee oe 
of Superintendent/of Charities 24-022. 2ce sees eee nee om 
Orslown (leric (2222 a.) ee a eee eee eet 
seOl PITORSUTOr 2 elo ee eae ae nee a ee See pee cea 
Bondsmentwho may not become 24 2.) eee ee ee ee 
Borrowing in anticipation of taxes, power de -.-.-------------- 
BOUndary: GLOILy eo be i ene cc ee re ence eee ae 
Bowling alley, and billiards, power de licensing of----.-------- 
Bribes and gifts, penalty for taking same __-------.-....------ 
Bridges, construction of, engineer to superintend .--.----.----- 
Director of Public Works to have charge of --..------- 
duties of Town de, transferred to City -..-.._..-------- 
layout to be referred to Department of Public Works -- 
powers of Court of Common Council de___...--------- 
Building inspector, salaryor se. ): beck (eae ees eal eee eee 
how appointed and qualifications of ----.-. ‘4 
Building dines, assessment forisga. Geus Leeee a ee ee ee ee 
estimate of Cost. +t gs ee eta a a Oe atte 
power de establishment of__-.......-.-.---..-- 
Building Ordinances, Fire Marshal to enforce._...--.....------ 
violations to be reported to Mayor..-.---- 
permits,.Hire Marshal to issue. 22-05-72. een Ue oe 
Buildings, Court of Common Council’s powers de....---------- 
inspection of, Fire Marshal’s duty ....-...--..-.---- 


Sec. 


97 
94 
101 
99 


212 
212 
212 
137 
36 
193 
35 
155 
167 
34 
156 
26 
188 
11 
73 
193 
139 
25 
139 
142 
137 
208 


- 159 


137 


Page 


INDEX. 109 
Sec. Page 
Buildings, power of city de construction and use of -......_.-.- 137 42 
Public Director to have charge of.............-..--- 74 24 
unsafe, duty of Fire Department -......._.......--- 55 19 
Fire Marahs lt rongttuens. sees oo. oo waels Lee 57 19 
power de protection against -....-..-..---...-.---- 137 42 
Bureau of Compensation. (See Board of Compensation.) 
Engineering, powers and duties of--....--....---.-- 76 24 
heau Of BOWete, DO Wore Ole re aor ow aces chu. obese Jaaweee 76 24 
BS iROe ia ie Weer nee OS Soe a cas hy one SUA 76 24. 
Bureaus of Department of Public Works.._.-_-.-...--+...---- 76, 85 24, 28 
heads of, how appointed and removed -..._._.----- 75 24 
Pivigieeteiwer Ce TopmanlOt Oli so nas cone anos o wave coun son 137 42 
By-Laws, etc., to be printed before passed ---.---..-.-.--.---- 129 38 
penalties for violation, how collected ..-_..--..- 183 5d 
hearing on before adoption -_..............---- 129 38 
cS 
Candidates for office not to give or receive presents, etc.....---- 139 45 
Oe ete RU AM CEN OL eee ete eo alae ome Sa coe bi 131 39 
Hever Ciny COUrE. LO IseUe a ot ey a Ge aban arteoe 188 56 
Captains and Sergeants of Police, how appointed -_-.---._--.-- 47 16 
Carriages, public. (See Public Conveyances.) 
powers de fees and licenses for ----_.........------- 137 42 
Celebrations, appropriations for, how made -.--_---- a ee rae 44 15 
Seometiaratotiys AULUOLICY LOR cre. 2 Gs aces hs wed oe ls ate eee 137 42 
Certificate of liens, when filed.....--- SE OTE NED Pelt ire seas 81 26 
TOG EOCOLGM Eiaeee Pontte iy ee pre ae ees a 83 28 
re TOUTS OURAN ee rere ae Si ty oe AE eed ve, DO 147 46 
Chairman of committees, powers of ....-------.-------------- 131 39 
Charges against City officers, how made ------__..---.--- 139, 144, 213 45, 46, 64 
against members of Police and Fire Department, how 
Prue arate BOLv One me ees os ac tae 60 20 
against members of Police and Fire Departments, how 
ATES Ek LS OY. amipaten Aces pt oe ys 1 ye a a an a Fe Resin a 65 21 
agains OlCer, NOW Served... 2.80 2..c6 bon cen ae 12 7 
for removal of official, must be in writing- ---- eat ed a 12 7 
Charities and Correction, annual report of_........-.-.---..--- 203 61 
appointments and removals by .------ 204 61 
BOAT Ofer ets fs ie wi AiR ae ay ae 201-206 60 
DOP AT BONE OF Me 5 A awe tain ee ee oni 201-206 60 
Department of, duties de poor____.--- 202 60 
to employ manager of Springside Home 204 61 
to keep record of cases -..._...------ 203 61 
notices and summonses, how served... 206 61 
TOW OSE OL edie at as ate let ars tin 206 61 
powers de workhouses -_-...-.------- 206 61 
Superintendent of, how appointed ---- 201 60 
Charter, violation of, cause for removal from office -.......---- 139 45 
eerocmne arawn by City Clerkin eos noc ok ce nine a ted sm 25 10 
Chiefs of departments. (See Superintendents.) 
Citizen Commissioners of Parks, how appointed .-.--.-.------- 87 28 


110 INDEX. 
' Sec. Page 
City Attorney, appointment of) J... eco ees 165 50 
bonds.of ae eee Soins UG ee eee 193 58 
office hours. 0fso222 aoa See on eee 170 52 
penalty-for neglect of duty. 5.2, .5i0se--5 see eee 191 57 
powers. and.duties 0f¢ .73.-SCe ey ee eee 191-193 57 
power \to sué‘for penalties (5.2 eu See. cece 183 55 
to prosecute violations of park rules -----.------ 88 29 
how Wemovedie. cance tata nena er eA 191 57 
salary: OL nile Woes vata as aes Aes eee ne 171 52 
bond how stakenic.. S222 Cae ee eee erie 188 56 

Clerk, authorized to administer oaths.-........-.-------- 25 10 
bond Of sete, else SS es ca wiore ee ee ane 35 12 
to devote entire time to City ------.-...--...-..-.- 30 12 
to draw orders on Treasurer, when .-..-.....-.-..-- 25 10 
duties and: powers Of be SSE eee ce bial 30 12 
to endorse failure of Mayor to act _.._.....-----..- 11 6 
to keep records and send notices, etc._.......------ 30 12 
nominations to be-filedswith), Jap. een rere ee 147 46 
to publish notices of assessments _.......-...-..-.- 81 26 
to publish Ordinances tee tee en eee 35 12 
BalaryioL eer hs clr ere amet heats ame eee ee 40 14 
to send notice of assessments...--..--...---------- 136 At 
when chosen 2.01.4 eo SU ene et oe 6 5 
(See Assistant City Clerk.) 

Oe) hg inet Sec tL SPE ay ah Bea neiee a Me ae eee ee 164, 200 50, 60 
Appeal from; inicriminal cases! S) Ce eee eee ee 185 55 
appeals in‘civil \casest. 2 areo sees ee ee. oes ae 172 52 

from ndpmientse soy eet eee eee ee 184 55 
appointments by J nde st, een eee ae ene ee 165 50 
authority in bastardy cases ’..... 200-208 173 53 
GORGE ILICL YL) CAROS tao toe aa ene ete eet ea ae 176 54 

x Civil jurisdiction lets. ce cee eee tes ees af 172 52 
Slark \ADDGIPINIONGWOEs ek, eater ce CaN one 165 50 
duties wand power Ol coach ea ek oe Bee ae 168 51 

POKES TAXUTOD OL eee onlin c Ouse oo eke eee 190 57 
criminal, powers and jurisdiction of ----.-----...-- 185-188 55 
process, how served so" (OOP ae eee see 194 58 

fees, etc., to be paid into City Treasury __.._._.---. 168 51 
fines and sentences, limit of -.-.........---..----- 185 55 
Judge of Common Pleas, to act when_.-_.-.------- 166 50 
Judges of and how appointed -........----.-----.- 165 50 
to have jurisdiction over park rule violations... --_- 88 29 
jutors, How. chosen. A... eens er or ee ee 180 54 
jury, when called and how summoned ___.-.-------- 179, 180 54 
limitation Of Powers OF. 2.22 soe eee etree eae 172 52 
officers must be resident-electors of City -_-.------- 165 50 
office hours of Attorney and Clerk_......-.--.----- 170 52 
officials of, not to act in, when----_- tT a tie eee 165 50 
powers of Associate Judge__._..._.- SS aha Nee are Aa 166 50 
process, form Ofna eel eRe re eee 174 54 
process, service of RPA tea Mae ere 8 Oa. Li 178 54 


removal ‘of. causestirom fi Us fee YS ea ee ee 172 52 


INDEX. 


City Court, salaries of officers _._.....-- 
sessions of criminal side ---- 
Sheriff to attend, when ---- - 


may suspend judgment, when....-...------------- 
terms of and session, Civil side .-..........-.-.--.- 


warrants, how issued ..-. --- 


Elections, Police Commissioners’ powers __-..--.--------- 
power de warning and regulation of. ......----- 
Engineer, appointment and salary of .--.--..--..--.--.-- 


in charge of Engineering 
CUUeH Of Sk. suse: hs 


funds, how deposited ___...---.--- 
government, extension of.------- : 
meeting, who may vote..-..-..--- 
of New Haven, incorporation of --- 

Minter Oba, Secs, 


Asivago hikok wale ee le Sk 


may take land for school purposes-------- 


rights, powers and 
officers, chosen, when and terms of 
to hold but one position _-. 

must be resident-elector of 

when must be nominated -- 
PAVMentObses oo Pome oe: 
PIIeeculiON. Gio. s . wea... 
BALATION Of 5 Nt hs Sot 
Sein CULO cOf =e eye eee, 
BAIBTY OE ell hrs Shy 

and Town, consolidation of ____--- 
Year Book, who shall compile. - --- 


Diivileged Of seus. ous 


City seeesten ee es gat 


Civil causes, City Court’s jurisdiction! over .. 25... .2. 0see22 25 


process, Sheriff may serve ---.. --- 
Service Board, to give certificates _ 


how constituted and appointed..---...--- 


expenses, how paid 


penalty forwiolation of7. 4, 5.522. 22 


to prescribe rules 


President and Secretary of........-:----- 


form Of Spa S7 256 
examinations, notice of ---- 
rules, who exempt from -_-. 

to govern police appo 
Treasurer exempt from ---- 


ee 
— ee ee wee em we ew ee er ee ee 


eMUmentee. o.oo ss sk’ 


Claims against City, not to be certified to by Controller, when-- 
to be examined by Board of Finance ------ 


to be numbered and 


entered on books__-_-_-- 


power de adjustment and payment of _._._- 
how presented to and verified .-----------.- 
Classification of expenses, by Board of Finance ____---.------- 
Cleaning and repairing of streets, etc., Superintendent to have 


charge of ._-..-- Sale cs dy eee 
Clerical assistance, Director may appoint 


8 


Se 


219 


172 


119 
117 
117 
121 
118 
122 
Lea 
124 
118 


LI 


» Page 


56 
14, 55 


66 


Co 
Coe COR & OF 


me pe Cr 
aa a a © 


me o> et et et 
nar p, 


52 


oo 
co 


ww Ww cv 
FOr oD OS 


me CO CO CO 
oO O&O 2 


ey = eS eee 
Oto OS of OS: 


w 0 
oe 


112 INDEX. 


i Sec Page 
Clerk, assistant. (See Assistant City Clerk.) 
of Board of Alderman (72. 10 eee ee ee 35 12 
of Conncilmoen a0. 22 oe eee eee 36 13 
Of Financegos. 0.6.5.2 4 oon Oe ee ee eee oe 30 12 
Health; appointment. Ofs, 2922-1), hee a eee eee a eee a 95 31 
of Burean of (Compensation 2. ee ee ee 77 25 
of City. (See City Clerk.) 
of City Court appointment/of 2. eet Se Sasa ees 165 50 
dnties and powers of@: 24 Le Oe Lae eee 168 51 
to vive: bonds s.08 Ste a eee eee 167 51 
office NOUTS OL Wo. fo see ale re een 170 52 
Splary Of 1 ee oe aie eee A mewn 171 52 
and Controller, to pay executions..__....---.-.--------- 20 10 
Town. (See Town Clerk.) 
Clerks, eniployinent’ofies 5 pacts ks oe ree nei 157 49 
Collector, {amount ct bond 2-. 2s: 14.2 ae cee eee 34 12 
to countersign and record, licenses..-._----.--.---..- dl 12 
tO (make daily deposits sic 00. ye ee oe ee 33 12 
dubtied and powers O18 Aeaies Oe poe ee eer ee ie 31-33 12 
election Ofc Uk Wo sees eee ce tere aan eee 31 12 
to‘receive assessments 26). 00-20-02. 22), See ae d1 12 
feos for licenses: ele Seve ae eee a 31 12 
notice,of abatements (2.1262 3 yee ee oe 12 
to: report; unpaid taxes, ete. 30.4 ae ee ee 32 12 
Balary Of 2c 0 A oes ea Se ee ae 31,40 12, 14 
te sign certificatesiof lems oe 31 12 
When. chosé@ii 2c. oo ee ee ee eee 6 5 
Collectioniuf Taxes, power dé. ss ae eee eee ee 137 42 
WALLA LOLs ee Ny he te, 31 12 
Commerce, power. de regulation of. 20. os... Lf le Settee 187 42 
Committee on Claims, meetings, Sheriff to serve notices_.-_-_---- 38 14 
Oommitment of insane, indigents, ete../.2.0..-- cs Uc eek 206 61 
to Connecticut School for Boys, etc. -..._...----- 206 61 
to jail, workhouse Tete 24. ee ee ee 196 59 
Common Couneil to adoptaules.J-. c..c- 22 ee eee Cae ee 127 38 
Court of how composed. 2.0. ee eee 125 oT 
general DOWeTS. OF Lue fale c bea aa ere See 2 125 37 
Pleas Court, Judge to order notices__..----.----- --- 79 26 
Commissioners of Compensation, appointment and salary of --- 76 24 
mist-confirm suspensions... eeeee eee : 60 20 
of departments to heat and light buildings -_---- 59 20 
may retire officers, how --------- 69 23 
to:prescribe rules 4:20 ce) tenes 59 20 
to be trustees of relief funds----_ 68 22 
exempt from. civil service..-.../...02-252---..- 118 36 
of Fire Department. (See Fire Commissioners.) 
of Police. (See Police Commissioners.) 
of Public Parks. (See Park Commissioners.) 
of Sinking Funda’: Jess rete 159 49 
Commissions, contracts by 22sc)./S/a Uo se eee ee 156 47 
members to serve on but one ---...-----------.- 161 50 


Compensation, Board of, hearing by. 2) else eee ee eee otis 25 


INDEX. 


Compensation, Board of, how constituted and salaries of .__-__ 
BUTCAU OF geen meas Ane es fh son 5e ce Loe eeene 

BERGAMO OY Bae coke soe ste 6 LUO aE 

WIGt Oiesemnas ace ooh Us old AL Pee so 

to estimate cost and report assessments___ 

of, to give notice of orders -....:......-- 

Iihited 20: RAIATIOnL Ee oe e pelos So S45 bead ewe 

for members of Fire Department, how determined 

of members of Police Department ---.-..__.-_.. 

TUTIGON ALO WMI FOGide oes. oz cu aCe eel ea es 

of officers, power de regulation of _--.........-- 

of Sealer of Weights and Measures____._._.------ 

for taking land for streets, parks, etc. _...-...-- 

Competitive examinations, notice of ............-..------...-- 
Complaint against city officers, how drawn and served -___-_-_-- 
Soticerts, appropriation-for, how. made. 2222220 6. Ss Seb e2s 2. 
Condemnation of land for park purposes.__._---.---.---------.- 
proceedings for school purposes ..-.---......-.- 

proceedings for wharf privileges.--...-......--- 

Connecticut Industrial School for Girls, to receive those com- 
TUTE ECE Eee ott ee See Lae so Mb PSE ECO 

School for Boys, to receive those committed ------- 

Connections with sewers, etc., power to require before pave- 
SVLGTLE ECR OAL (Le rts 5 Se ee Ie ae a i AO eee Fe 
Consent unanimous required, when... oc celesee se oe eee 
Conservators, etc., powers of Board of Charities de_-.--.---.---- 
OUSUMCRELOI. ACh MCieet 4 Lh Petite. 2d oie ee Sut tt RRee USe 
of outlying wards, how accomplished --__-_-------- 

of school districts, how accomplished _---.__.----- 

Sete E A TLE O LOC UIOL, Of fae stay cite = 0 a og as ote eth ES Se a oe 
Special bowvappointed ll oe Sy ee. aa 

power de appointment of......-.-..2.--.-- 

Contagious diseases, spread of, expenditures ....-..._------.-- 
Contractors, bonds for, not to be given by city officers -...---.- 
MAD lesW OILS Peto ot Rate ee SSO eae tL 

prohibiting from giving gifts, etc.-__........----- 

Contracts not to be awarded to whom -.--..---..----------- Poe 
to be acted on by Court of Common Council, when-- - 

must be approved by Corporation Counsel ____----.-- 
DidsmusitbOmavertised forsee tebe oe 
Dids.to-be,openen punliClyee: os is Ie 5) ie. s ee Se 

not binding guniscs ae se ee ers se ks 

enecks, cCeriusussrouuirede sno 22a Soke eek ee 2) 

City, power to regulate form of .....------.-.------- 
Controller not to certify, when..._...--..-...------. 

by departments alc onicerse ss i is ee te. Ce 

executed in triplicate gases ee bee et 
expenditures in excess of $250.00 must be by-.------- 

rortett: for failure to execntasves. 2: ot sus see eo oso. 

members of City Government ineligible as bondsmen 
PeeGISHONs Cei:2, sso soe ae ee er gk de OLS 

must: be: by. scaled: ‘bide! 2o2o-en.22) sees .e NP ae, 


50 
79 
137 
37 
135 
124 
140 
44 
90 
114 
132 


196 
196 


137 
129 
206 


200-225 


218 


116, 117 


209 

47 
137 

87 
139 
156 
139 
156 
156 
156 
156 
156 
120 
156 
137 

24 
156 
156 
156 
156 

63 
156 
156 


113 


Page 


®W WO 0 


wo 2 
oO Oo > > 


27 


45 
47 


114 INDEX. 


Contracts to be signed by Mayor ------ lier be Se 
mn paid, accounties. os. vino a. ot ose eee 
must..b6 In wilting 2 ce sa-2 nee eee 


Controller to approve bonds on contracts .........-.---.------.- 


to audit accounts monthly --......--...-.. 

accounts, ete; WHOle ese - ole er 

eash account of treasurer daily --- 
bonds Obi eee ia, woes eh een S 
not to certify bills, etc., when .--.-----.- 
duties and powers Of (222i. Sa eee 
tO GXAMINS ClalWIA, BtCi sees ol ee aoe 
may inspect library bills, ete._..._--.---- 


to keep accounts with departments --.._--.-----..-- 


to keep separate accounts ._........------ 
liable for money unlawfully paid____-__-_. 
member of Board of Finance ..-._.._-..- 
Office Andvhours eR eo eee eee 
not to pay salaries *when-cl.e.0 leo tee 
personally liable avhen 27952522522. SoS 
to provide stationery and supplies-------_- 


to report to Court of Common Council and Treasurer 


salary Of 2 ce eee ae ee eee 
subject to direction of Board of Finance -- 
when chosen and term of ..--..---------- 
Conveyances, public power, de licensing of -__-------- 
Corporation Counsel, annual report of-.....-.---.-- 


to appear before General Assembly, when 


ApPointMentiolec ase ee Cer 
may appoint assistant____.---- 
to approve contracts_..-_._..- 
Assistant, salary of _..._...--- 


to collect balance due from officer or surety 
CUMER OL. rss oA ee ere ae ees 


opinions of, how obtained ---- - 


a 


eee ee ee eK 


opinions to be recorded and published ---.- 
requirements and qualification of ____---. 


salary; Gia aL eee eeeoe 
term, Of once es. ee ee 
of New. Haven, limite oft.es:. see eee 


— se ewer wwe = 


Corruption, etc., cause for removal from office ......-...-...-- 


Costs of appeal from assessment, how taxed-_---__-_-- 
taxation of, an City s;Courts* 4a ee ae eee 


of;tin: trial upon: Gharges 222k. 2 Sener ee ee ee oe ee 


Councilmen, Board/on S03. >see ee eee 


eee eee ew ee ew 


to elect member of Board of Finance -__-. 


election of President.-.-..-.-- 
election in, how made ____-..-- 
meeting, how called ----_-..-- 
election of, in 13th, 14th and 15th wards 


—-- ee ee ee ee 


ineligible for bondsmen for liquor dealers, etc. .--- 


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Councilmen, Board of, quorum of, how obtained ___.-...--..-- 127, 128 
; in 13th, 14th and 15th wards, right to vote, when - 216 
President of, to be Acting Mayor, when_.._..-.---- 10 
punishment for disorderly behavior _._.-..------- 127 
Wher Chomateacmese ee tee eh ie 8 
Counsel, additional may be employed.-.-.-._...---------.------ 17 
(See Corporation Counsel.) 

County Health Officer, no jurisdiction in town -..-___.-------- 94 
ourt of Conimon, Gourots foene pute. fase Slee eee 125-1388 
action on appropriations __..---.----- 44 
to act on contracts, when -.---..-.--- 156 
TG MUOPMIUICR Pes ) 2.2 6. - aaa want wo 127 
to appoint Assistant City Clerk_---.-- 36 
to approve appropriations....------- 44 
to approve park rules-__---- aa ag 88 
to assess for street sprinkling_.____-_. 136 
aye and nay vote in__.._.._.-...- no. He 127 
ROVECOM MOREL ast tales ee wate cute ees 125 
DAV OLVIO, Wallac ss one a2 Ase ais 4 
RIGCONM AN eee Ole eed oe 130 
to elect necessary officers ..-.-------- 214 
PerlerTAaLMOwers. OL, 2 o. Saee aes wee 132-188 
may increase salaries of officers. ----- 40 
Mayor to approve acts of .__.....---- 125 
to make appropriations, when-_--- --- 44 
meetings of, power de warning of.-. -- 137 
members of, ineligible for bondsmen, 63 
notices to be served, how _. ....----- 38 
orders of, how executed-.-:.--.----- 182 

orders to be executed by Director of 
“STN EES A C1 gq: ima iipa an SIs Berm 74 

not to order improvements until ap- 
DPropriationis Made)... . ss... 2. 154 
power de bridges.-.. ..--- eR Reet ho 132 
bridges, railroad....----_-- 134 

to compel attendance of mem- 
1623 9: yy 5 Spc ge EP OE ee we aes 128 
power de sewers, gutters, etc. ....--- 132 
sprinkling streets -----..-- 136 
squares, parks, etc......--- 132 
TRICE IAOCLES On ao oe ee 135 
NW ELLIE ON Ue ee ae ae eh a ks 182 
Haye fe wa ahd wa La SMe Mee sala 57, 138 
powers concerning lamps.....-_-__-- D8 
powers de election ~_~ 24-5. a .-- eee 9 
CUGR OF; LOW samcawts 4 5te 219 
OTOMEN CEB co ee ek ca 137-138 
paving streets ..........-. 182 
SETAE AIS pal ENE Stee 82 
BOreORS i ee ee 132 


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Court of Common Council to provide for Building Inspector .. -- 57 
quorum of and how obtained .._-.--- 127, 128 
to regulate contracts _.-.-----.------ 156 
may secure opinions of Corporation 
Connsels..2. Joa eee 16 
special. meetings die. eee se. Paos an 11 
to transfer appropriation, vote required 41 
Oriminalprocess, service of»): "= Uli Ge nae ee sie 194 
Cruelty to animals, power de punishment for... .....---.----- 137 
Curbs and gutters, construction and repair of -.-...----------- 82 
etc., Superintendent of Streets to lay, when .------.--.-- 82 
D 
Damages to be deposited with City Treusurer._..--.--.-----..- 81 
land, assegsments Zoruc oe Se ele eee eae cs eer a 
payable, to, be included in assessments .-..__._------- 83 
Loowhom' payables, eS ae ee en etre 81 
and‘ benefits,“ how adopted) f 2.22. on 2 were nt he ee 81 
appeal fram oo) oath Cet ec 85 
ASAOSSTNONG Of Tie oh ee ee ee, 78 
to be estimated and reported ___-_--- Psi! 80 
report de, to be published -.._---------- 81 
Deaf;-dumb'and ‘blind sstatistics. de. 0) oa. seer iee eee ere 206 
Debt of: Town assumed: by City oe. iia oe ee ee 215 
Deed and bonds to be signed by Mayor..--....-:----------.--- 11 
Department accounts, Controller to keep.-----.--._.-.---.--.- 20- 
of Charities and Correction’. (Ste ce. eee ee 201-206 
(See Charities and Correction.) 
of Education, powers and duties of _-_-._.__------ - 104-115 
(See Board of Education.) 
estimates and appropriations ____--_.------------- 42 
of Finance, powers and duties of ...-----'.-.----- 41-45 
(See Board of Finance.) 
OL Hire POLrvicGs ci sere ye choral nae a neta eerie a eee 5d 
(See Fire Department.) 
Fire and Police, applicants for, how examined- ..--.- 118 
of Public Health, powers and duties of ._._--..__-- 93-97 
(See Board of Health.) 
of Parks, powers and duties of..-._.......---::-- 86-92 
(See Parks and Park Commissioners.) 
of Police; duties and powéra Of avast 46-52 
(See Police Department.) 
property controlled by Commissioners --__. ----_--- 59 
ofsPubpHe Library £obos2s) nt suat he sa, See oe 98-103 - 
Of Publig: Works 0 sects Rn, ae en ee ae ae 73-85 
estimates, surveys, etc. ---_..._-- 74 
to execute orders of Common Coun- 
Cilia eb cs ewe eee 132 
to furnish titles of owners of prop- 
OIEY oe a Hoe ayia a aia tl ene ae 77 
DUERAUS-Of hae ee eer 76 


(See Director of Public Works.) 


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Department supplies, power to purchase .--...-...:.---.------ 157 
Departments, annual reports of ---...-.--------- 1 UE eae 158 
power to. employ clerks gisaacyess- 42-25. 22.2 157 
heads Gf toveonter sear oie ee ce eles, ll 
etc., to submit estimates, when -----..-..-.-..-- 148 
Detective Bureau, how established and governed.-.-- -.-_--.-- 47 
Director of Public Works, to appoint clerks... ..--------.---- 77 

term of office, salary and qualifica- 
TOU Peem seen eet esses ck ok we wae 73 
to approve removals ...._...-------- 76 

to have care of streets, sewers, bridges 
aBoepuplic grounds? oof 2 oo. 02 74 
to have charge of public buildings... - 74 

to have charge of cleaning, repairing, 
Cars Vieubreehiyc ors Pee sa Tie eT! 74 
powers and: dutiess 20-2205. 3F.. 02 2~ 74 
Directors of Public Library, appointment of... .--.---...- --- 99 
SO Oph OlOere Sete se bese aie cent 101 
PARC TLLGM bags seer se ent toe te 100 
powers and: duties'Of)22 > 975-  eOLe 99-103 
COTS Ole see ee eee re, A ee 99 
Disaniliry orvabsenceor Mayor 2.25 037s se gous s.s0se=5- JRC 10 
Disabled’oficers, retirement Ofssi2\_2 2. eeccccceee se eoss---- 69 
Disapproval of vote, order, etc., by Mayor ----*_--......------ 11 
Discontinuance of highways, estimate of cost._------- ger aie 80 
order, how referred..-.-..-._-.--- 78 
PVIShOnTitL ANeOMING: takes se eyes se ee SSS a Le NE 45 
Disinterments, power de regulation of --__-----.--------.----- 137 
)ismissals by Superintendent of Schools final, when_-.--------- 107 
Disorderly assemblages, power to prevent._...---------------- 137 
houses, power de suppression of__--_..------------- 137 
Donations and bequests, City may receive__._....------------- 137 
Drainage, power of Court of Common Council de____----_-_--- 133 
Draining and raising low lands, power de _.-._--.------------. 137 
Dumb, deat and (blind statisnes de ae Cotes ee Fh 2 206 
Duties of officers not otherwise prescribed.-......--.-. ------- 137 
of superintendents of departments.. .....-----.------- 60 
eter, OF Town) transferted-io  Gityu; 2 ee be Pool 200 
and powers of Boards of Police and Fire Commissioners - 59 
and powers Of. Belgetmoen. - cue ea lo elena me te eae 209 
and powers of Town assumed by City......------------ 219 

E 

Wass hock Park, appropriation forve- os eis sa 5. a Se se 92 
Commissioners continued.......-.----------- 86 
BRCCEBEO RSL OL eo vou ay es 2” 87 
INCOFPOTALION. Of ie ee ag ee I 87 
Education, Board of, appointment and terms of_..-__..---.--- 105 


(See Board of Education.) 
PRESS MAING ofan dh dink ats wa Sed I en PO toe Clon eae 3 


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Elections, certificate of, nomination how filed --_..-.--------.. 147 46 
City officers, when held, how conducted, ete..------- 4-9, 210 5, 68 
City to pay expense Of) 225. 62 cee ee eee 210 63 
in Court of Common Council, how made -.---------- 130 39 
equality ‘of votes 2s...) 2k nee ee oe ee ee 9° 5 
illegal, cwhen.c2 issn soc 33 lemon eee eee seeee 147 46 
nominations, when must be made._-._--....-------- 147 46 

Police Commissioners and Chief, powers and duties 
fT eat RS On Mgt Re ER ae ROR RR oo Ae sy eck ee 52 18 
power de warning and regulation of _.-.-__------------ 137 42 
special, when called and how ordered_-----.-------- 9 5 
those eligible: to vote abst. ieee ae et een ae 5 5 
WaATRINUS:OL< NOW iPIVE 06 tee oe ee ee 210 63 
Of stOWN<OMiGers. 22 ae Se ee ee er eee 210 63 
Elective officers, exempt from civil service....--.-------- Arabs 118 36 
Electors, admission of, by Selectmen. 22-2 ee ee 209 63 
of Town to ba of City 12-2 eee ee ee ee 210 63 
who qualified to vote for City officers._-_..-_.__._--- 5 5 
Electrical construction, Superintendent of....--..-..----.----- 5d 19 
plants, inspection “of2e2> ss: Ses eee ee Pod oer. —~<88 20 
plants and wires, powers de regulation of_-..__.--.--- 137 42 
wires to. be inspected: 233 02225. ho eee ee 58 20 
Eleventh Ward 2500 S820 so ean ia cutie ae eee 3 1 
Eminent domain, City to exercise power of_._---...----------- 132 39 
right of, for school sites._____.._--- Sep arpa ee. 114 30 
Eimployes, City, how registered 25-379 5-2 eee ee 118 36 
io-be ‘paid, how 22:0 5 van. oan eee ee ee : 45 16 

Engineer, City. (See City Engineer.) 

power de licensing ofs7 Sire. see ee. eee ee 137 42 
Engineering, Bureau, powers and duties of............-------- 76 24 
Encroachment on streets, power de_..-------.---------------- 137 42 
Epidemic, Board of Health’s powers de expenditures...__.-__-- 97 31 
Equality of votes, how remedied ............------------- ry Te 9 D 
Estates, assessment: against 222-0... tok oe cece ee ce ee 84 28 
tax beyled “Onus <5 ice ell oleae eee eee 44 16 
Hetimated expenses, when reported... 252. 24-2 eens ee on 44 16 
income, not to be,exceeded ce oe ee ee ee ee 44 16 
Estimates, Board of Finance to make_____._._..........------ 44 16 
of Department of Charities and Correction_-_---.---- 203 61 
of Department of Edueation...>._ 20.5220. -4.22- 109 D0 
of expense of improvements, when made -__-------- 80 26 
tobe final whents aca eee eee en eee 44 16 
40 ba: published =e es ce ee Se ee ee ee ee oe 44 16 
to be reported to Court of Common Council.-.-__--- dt 16 
when Bubmitted 02. «ten ih eoouee eee ee ee ee 148 46 
Examinations of candidates for Building Inspector_--_... ...-- 57 19 
certificates of Civil Service Board ..._...-------- 119 36 
for. City officers ..0oce = see ee eee aes er ee ee 119 36 
civil service to be, advertised<: -s. 7 ule ues ee 124 oT 
Iixcavations of streets, power des . 22th een oe Lae ee ee 137 42 
Executions.and judgments, how paid: 222. 2.2.24. e ee ee 20 10 


Executive and administrative officers’ meetings ____-.- pre ea Pane 11 6 


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Seeenvetie we OMNGCONA so Sb bv gute n emcee d es Rodeo. wali Se ole 
OMGGrs, TEPOFIn als acuewes ne caw -s--p- ~2 5.45% Pan dee 
Exemption from assessments, outlying wards -_...--.-.------- 
Exhibitions, etc., power de licensing of.....--.....-----.--.-- 
eices ire Moershal @ cles eeiet Se iat = Soom daw eed oo elc See 
Pemriendibures, NOW, Tap uelodce eee awa ewts Jace nce ee eo 
TORIES OOIn HO Wnaeeen foes eae Sk 
Expense not to be contracted, when ......-..---.------.------ 
Expenses Ht Civ Gskiiiavee eee eee cet eee ho anh Cn. oa ee 
Civil. Service board, how paid. i 22.22.02. 2.2222. 
LBC RIGU gn Re LOL eee eas asl eS nied oe wln cancel 
Explosives and inflammables, power de manufacture and sale of - 
Extension of City government to outlying wards._-.-..--.---- 
Extortion, etc., cause for removal from office._....-..-.---- -- 

3 

Fees of City Court to be paid into City Treasury __----.------- 
ee tonne CRE atv many ie eee eet ena ata el ide. Se ie ee 
OMOMIOGEN A WHelyDAIG.) sea Skee oko Seow ats ok oe eee 
not to be paid to policemen, when .._..-.-.-.---1...------ 
of Registrar to go into City Treasury .--._-..-...--------- 
and salary of Sealer of Weights and Measures._-.-----.--- 
Sows Clerks wreport.on ene a aeok ec oe et eee oe 
ERECT CNG ECL een ent nN Spe re Sara Pi NE Se al Te 
police and fire protection in_-_.-.....---------- 
CAPSULE Seer eee re er ee ae ne ee 
ree athe eee ie Se eee Se oe Ue Fe ee. 
Finance Board, appropriate funds for concerts, parades, etc. - --- 
appropriace funds for library) 4022-2 see be ee 
Parke eee aes 
APra ver nel Smetc yee koe wel eee see de. 
SOAR ot ge Ck Ud ag a eR A 
UAV DOLITOW MONev ne weet ee See 
CHET EOL: Sere Me ere Gee clot at rat ete 
Conteolier subject tse ea - ae roke eek ee 
HoweOneitiled.= = Meme ss eres wi Pa 
bo: direct, deposit-of tundan f: oe Ye Soe oe Sk 
UGA de OONOOL Timdtemes tes hte oe ee. te 
bond of officers_---__- Sed ane Vee eee 2s 
May Giscounh taxes a. oes Va ee see ee See 
estimates to be submitted to....-.-._.....----- 
SxXPenscewiler ee eEes LAs Seen se eS 
to fix salaries of Board of Compensation... ---.- 
gusossora clerkwitcl ean Seite t - 
CMOTKE UL OMe eee seer. nea aoe 
td leviy schoolitax. to. eus eee. wae asec Sele 
to make estimates _._..--..-.---- Oia so pee 
tormechiweorly20- Cee ie af eects 
DOWers atid duties, Gfc25: sa. we asa Ue le eos ke 
de Registrars’ assistants -- -- 
power de Town Clerk’s assistants..........-.-.-- 


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Finance Board, must recommend transfers --..-.-...---------- 44 15 
reports of, published when ....-------4.s-.25-. 44 15 
to report. tax: Tate 22S nantes eae 44 15 
regulate office hours, when’. i.b2.2..--.2 22723, BOlr recs xb] 
Ternis: Of eee les at ait whee = Clee eee ee 43 15 
Finances of City, Controller’s duties... --..2..2.---)5s25 2225 22 19 9 
Mayor’s statement of condition ____---------- 1b 6 
Fines and penalties, to go into treasury ----.------------------ 183 5D 
Fire alarm telegraph, power de protection of _.._-------.------ 137 2 
Superintendent or fu sose. wee see ee 55 19 
ete., duties/0f 2 eee 58 20 
system, in charge of Superintendent ---- - 58 20 
Firearms, power de manufacture and sale of.-..__.._.-.------- 137 42 
Fire Commissioners, to appoint officers of department ..-_.-.----- 59 19 
and promote officers, etc. ____-- 64 21 
may appoint on veteran reserve_------.--- 51 17 
how appointed and terms of .-..----_.-.-- 56 19 
to fix compensation of members, etc. .-.---- 5d 19 
may grant pensions:.2)9- ee ee 7 23 
May retire officers: ae.-- yeas eee eee 69 23 
must confirm suspensions .....-..------- 60 20 
powers, Of..o.24 2 Faded Solace Oars 55-59 19 
powers de supplies, repairs, heat, etc. __-- 59 20 
to prescribe rules for government of depart- 
MOTE * ce es a ee ee ee 59 20 
quoruniof y. Gic ee pec eee ene eae » 64 21 
may remove, reduce officers, etc. ------_-- 65 21 
to be trustees of relief fund ---...__.----- 68 22 
vacaticies. howsilled 4 JJ 4 eee eee 56 19 
Department, applicants for, how examined_.--._-..-------- 118 36 
appointments and promotions, how made. -.--.- 5d 19 
charges against members, how brought. ------ 60 20 
efficiency, Chief responsible for._.--.-------- 60 20 
Mayor to assume control, when_._----------- 12 7 
OICers soe AE i A ee eee ee 50 19 
powers and duties of o:4. coe Sh ee ee ee 54-58 19 
Chief to assign officers; etes) 2-24 yas ene See 60 20 
duties and) powers of ha sare pees 60 20 
to serve on Civil Service board__-_....- 117 36 
to suspend member of force, when .--- -- 60 20 
District, power de establishment of_.._.....-.--.--------- 137 42 
service, not to extend to outlying wards -_.-.--.- -------- 217 65 
Marshal) ‘appointment of 2.2309 eo ee eee 55 19 
duties and: powersiof site ieee er age nee D7 19 
to enforce building ordinances -.--......-..----- 57 19 
to inspect public buildings and exits.__._...----- 57 19 
to issne building permitda.”- 9o ee 07 19 
to report to: Mayor yt tte pa ee 57 19 
Firemen, how ‘retired 2) to ee ae Oe ee 69 23 
retired, subject to orders. 225) 2s ie eee ee TL 23 


pensions, how regulated ites et vet. feo sul 69 23 


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Firemen and Policemen’s Relief Funds ....-----...-..-------- 66-72 
Relief Fund, Commissioners to be trustees of... ____- 68 
Maes VPOUNSION EAISb 2267 Stee tae Na bes anhs 52 dine Se deek! 00,097 
Pre AS BIND Coo cn 1 Ue Ee Peake mak os > Wh polew woe SUSY é 
een earn When DOUTS cee tene es bee ad ess oh od oa lelee 54. 
mgt. DOWor 26 INSPOOlON Ole wate wa nee Sg ee Sak 137 
stuffs, inspection by Board of Health ........-......_... 94 
Be OPOOLOS UT OL LENA cee Mace tes ta oe Ids his ch Seip sne aces et 83 
DOW Ott GMM eae oie Cates Dela = x er =) Sele ge 137 
Forfeited bonds, City Attorney to sue on....-.-.-.-...-..-.-..- 193 
MT GO OT TIEN VY ALO eee ee ee ee es on dn aan oo = 3 
Ben penteK ise ee ey es SUS oe ks | oe 217 
police and fire protection in ..-..--.. ....... 217 
CRA VC owe wre eee keen eA Lk i eo 3 
Fraud, concealment of, cause for removal from office ____------ 139 
ee ert eerE Co Puameeee ee tre eee US nue wa eee es 4 
Ores Lupus library. (See Erbrary.)). 2... 2-5-2. 4.425. } - 98-108 
Prdibimower de regulation sale Of 2... 2.-22-.2....).-- 22a ne 137 
Funds, library, to be kept as separate account --_.-----..------ 102 
PEC mim OTe er ce eee ae oo oe} hic ey 137 
Giiiy ay CANOstted tos Seo aus Bel Sele 29 
school, to be received by Treasurer .-....-.---.---.---- 108 
Bimmino eovianuaice Ons. soe ly eo ee 159 
G 
Gambling houses, power de suppression of _-.-------.-__------- 137 
Gaming houses, power of Chief of Police de..._...._.._.------ * 198 
DER eneric wer (eka Vite tae oo eee cue ste olo co 137 
its, C eyremn powered) to accept vic. 2). lok 0 ee Sn kt elt. ee 137, 162 
etc., penalty for taking same by public officer ------___-- 163 
Grade of walks, curbs and gutters, orders de ___..--..--------- 82 
Grand Jurors, prohibited from making complaint-.-_----_--- ee 187 
Guardians, etc., powers of Board of Charities de_-..._---.----- 206 
Gutters and curbs, construction and repair of...--...---------- 82 
H 
Hacks, power de licenses and fees for..-:-.-.+-.---...-------- 137 
Heads of bureaus, how appointed and removed ._-----.------.- 7d 
may remove subordinates ,.224.2¢ 70 5-- 52 76 
of departments to confer.--.--...--------- ee wake aston 11 
Health Board. (See Board of Health.) 
of city, power de protection of -..---_----- ee EEe e 137 
Department, powers and duties of -..--.-.---.....------ 93-97 
(See Board of Health.) 
ioe? AD POIMtGENG Ola ee. Sonera pe Ahi ses ere 95 
Town or County, no jurisdiction in Town -_.---.---- 94 
Heating supplies, etc., to be provided by Commissioners of 
SUPT MMNC TLS O ce shee ya. ae a A cok A ak SR ee? otal Le a 59 
Micuwayrmstrict, New Haven ls 2. 1. ede pasetqstmitadnane = 182, 183 


control of Court of Common Council We get Gnd 24. Steg 132 


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Highway discontinuance, estimate of cost .--.-.-.-...-.------- 80 
Of WROW:-TOLSTrad JF sree ste ee ee 78 
to be kept from encroachment, power de___.-----_.-- 137 
opening Of power déi.sasco8 > - Stace ce eit cue hes oe 137 
how opened:and discontinued ©.2-. 22222-01222. 132 
powers of Town de, transferred to City_.--.-....-..-- 200 
High Schools, Board of Education’s powers de._----.-.-------- 111 
Hospitals, ete., City to accept trusts for. ..._.5_..52. 222222222. 162 
Houses of ail fame Senos ee ae en ene een 198 
pOWer Ve suppression Ob 2.6... eee ee 137 
I 

leé,-removalior, trom sidewalks ots ase eee eee ee 82 
TH fame uhouses of wo Sore g ae uae eres eee er 198 
power de suppression Of _J24.-2_~-. 22 os 137 
Imbeeiless commitment Of% 025 i) fas) yee ae ee eee 206 
Improvement, cost of, to be estimated .-..-.-.- ..-----.-.---- 80 
Improvements, liens to be placed on, for___._..._.---- i ene, Eels a 83 
outlying wards not to receive..._.---. ---------- 19 
not to be made until appropriation made.._.__-_- 154 
Income estimated, not to be exceeded ._.....-5---.---.-<-.--- 44 
Incompetency, etc., cause for removal from office-_...-----..-- 139 
incorporation ‘of City of New Haven. G2..0-4 eens eee ere 2 
Increase or decrease of salaries, how made .._.--------..-.---- 40 
Ineum brantes; City liens 1G: be. pring... 2 sua ee ee 83 
Indebtedness, officers, to be collected how....----.------------ a0 
of Town, assumed Dy Ciiy s: yee eee arden 215 
Inflammable substances, power.de manufacture and sale of__.-- 1387 
Insane, SGommisiontiol S200. ee een peso ae eee 206 
Inspection by Board"of Health, ofao00 2 tea go. =) ee 94 
: ot buildings, Wire Marshal'’sduty. 232 eseoc-e noe 57 
Ofvelectriedt plants as oly ees Soe Me aii athena ae 58 
Of food, power de-reenlationee.8 2 ee sae aoe 137 

Inspector of Buildings, how appointed, duties, qualifications of 
BNO SALST Yoo teers Bee ele tesa et es ne ee 57 
of Lamps, Mayor to appoint and may remove. .----.--- 53 
powers and duties OF 222 32. e nue 53 
of plumbing, appoimniment Ob sok ecu eee ota 95 
of school buildings, how appointed ._......-----.---- 106 
Sanitary PAP POLUbMONG: Ole cetera ae eee eee ae een 95 
Interest on*henofite es 2 a eta eee Ue ee eee 81 
Oana gs reste (I Waal tga) dee 8 RN ce Sot ok at I Nn ae 29 
liens, and assesstnents Je] Fm co ve ence esse ee ere 151 

Intoxicating liquors, Police Commissioners prohibited from 
palling R Obe. 24 tee ike Salm cs cre tere ee eae cee ce i 63 

J 

Judge-of City Court, how-appouived =eccee a. coe ae eee 169 
appointnentsee Dye sea. aoe eee eee 165 
Judge of Common Pleas, to order notices, when..---..--------- 79 


Judgessof City Court, Salaries OL epue. eae. eee eee yt 


INDEX. 
Judgments and executions, payment of..._.....------.--- ---- 
MeriIeciecIoy Ot, DOOTT OL. Fea tiio ome cab de atoss vet SeU-  Ukdn oe 
ot City Courtsec eee eee a erate. ls. OS IE 


Of City Over Ounlyine Wards en enn 0 coe Sse ean 

for police and sanitary purposes -_.-.------ 

Police and City Court over parks ......---.-------- 

Jurors of City Court, compensation of ......-..---...--------- 
Justice of Peace, not to take cognizance of complaints 


Pealorerh Munuen re pInLOLOt. mee ate Soke eae coe eos e a seas 
Lamp Inspector, appointment and removal of 
powers and duties of 

Owerere0 ved meres oe ae. ee a Pd, 

Lamps, police department to assist in care of 
power de protection of 

Pan onuinees wassoanments fOr! 2-2. 022 SL Leb 
Layout and assessments to be adopted -.-.......-.------------ 
of parks, squares, highways, etc 

CREE COCA MA WM eee wees te eek gts tink g eb oats es ree 

LAN LOR OILY POWER Gen 8 oa 0 belo oe. As 

parks, etc., cost of, to be estimated 

Witt lovally alonied 26 owe ae <1 eae bogs. d ste 
peocOL meres by boned Oleh mance. 7 t js Gu elS utaik eee 
Liabilities of Town transferred to City 
PS Uttth URANO LOL. we eee eee So bi leer tL eee 
Library Directors, appointment and terms of..-._.....----.--- 
may appoint necessary employes 

PLO De KOpt Ys LTOAsUT eta fier EE i ee 
privileges, extension of__......-..-- el EDC Bee Be ee 

Sava aCe cee rare oa nets ay Petey 8 Yee kee or ee 
Licenses, for bowling and billiards, power de_...--.-_..------- 
to be countersigned and recorded by Collector 
TOROUSIISeTS, POWote des oe sate koto eo te wa be 

EGITSX MA WIMONS DOWEL (et on pee tee ee Bo Let, 

fees, to be collected by Collector 

FOP POLOAE DOWEL UC. ee tae ark te wae A, Solon eae 

power. de temporary. stores .- 4515-005 ise. os oh sed 

for public conveyances, power de 
Pacensine of: bill: posting. power dd oo ou wen es ees 25 A 
Taene 4 fOr Assessments DLs beneliitcn off oo sin ee eb lew. ms 
to bear Interostra ye enieer esa ee os ee eee oa 

CAtY, 00 take: rlOrity, Weenie eke an wo sa5 ee ho es 

for expense of abating nuisances 

awe loreclosedcs.. Nes Ae eet ee ee dts Se ee 
powers de collection and enforcement of 

Soomea recorded. 2 fon aie see eer ae ae ee 

for sprinkling assessments 
Tete. CUT DS) G60, 2 4 to i. ba oa pe a ees 
Lighting, etc., of building to be provided by Commissioners-- -- 
Limits of City 


— ee ew ee ee ee ee ee ee eee ee 


26, 


18 


25 


me oe Bee RP CO CO 
Shop pwnpes 


124 INDEX. 


Sec. 
Limits, fire, power de establishment of. .......-.--+2-------2-2 127 
Loitering on streets, power de regulation of -----.--.._-------- 187 
Lost and unclaimed property to go to Police Relief Fund ----.-_- 67 
M 
Malfeasance, etc., cause for removal from office----_._..--..--- 139 
Manual ‘Training Sehoolsies 2:e ee a, Pa ee eee eee Ely! 
Maps, etc., to be made and preserved by City Engineer.-.-.---.- 76 
Markets, -powér. derogulationiof 24004.) See cd reat ee ea eo a weee 137 
Materials not to be furnished by officers.........-..---.------- 153 
Matrons; police, how appointed (5.5. o0eesares slo ceees eee ee 47 
Mayor to. appoint Assossors..025... 2) ee ee 211 
Board of Charities and Correction -_--------.. 201 
Board of: Kducation nao eee eee one = 105 
Board of Finance._.._...---- pe cia, ee te ES 43 
Boardof) Health. 2 iano se eee eee 93 
Board of Reliefo. 1 i skola aie: cae eee 212 
Chief o£; Polied, when (5-8 tae ares eee eee 49 
City; tingineer .502-as eee See eee 75 
Civil Service, Board a) se eee ae 117 
Commissioners of Compensation .-.._.------- 76 
Director. of: Public Workev. + cele eats vee 73 
Wire ‘Commissioners )-a...serreues oe ee ae 56 
Inspector.of -Buildingsss2- ces eee eee 57 
Library. Directors_.c. oc... Levee See eee aaa 99 
Park Commissioners: oo ceeee er oae ee ee 86 
Police, Commissionets i. eecass2 = ses cce eee 48 
and remove heads of bureaus.------.-.---.-- 75 
Lampilnespectorese re 326 520 See 53 
Sealer of Weights and Measures -.--.--- --.- 37 
i Superintendent of Charities and Correction --- 201 
of: Sewershlsiceal. sa. ee 75 
of Streets tis, se ao ae lee 75 
to approve acts of Court of Common Council _---_------ 125 
bonds on contracts. csc. oe) ee eee a 156 
or disapprove part of order, etc. ....--------- 11 
all orders,.Ordinanctes, eto.2. 2. 22222 ee Lee 137 
pensions, retirements, etc... .../.--.--.,---.-- 70 
to call.on sheriffs and militia, etc., when_._.....-...-.-- 12 
may call special meetings of Council -...-...---.-.-.--- 11, 127 
to communicate to Court of Common Council, etc..____-_- Lt 
to consult with other officials monthly____---.-._.____-- 11 
to control Fire and Police Departments, when...._.---- e: 12 
fo countersion Orders, when s.cee. ere ee ee cea ae ee ae 25 
to designate architects to examine Building Inspector. -- 57 
disability: or absencesof :. o22) aa BAe ee ee 10 
may dissolve tie in Police Board, when..-.........-.-..- 49 
may employ additional counsel, when_-_-_-...---.-..-..- 17 
to-etifores Ordinances cee s- ize pee eee ee 11 
to fill vacancies on Board of Education .--.-...--....-.-. 105 


INDEX. 
Sec 

Mayor, general duties and powers of ........-.-.---.---------- 11-14 

OBP ISSUE WALA TOL TEXGR ween Abe d1 

may call special meetings of Board of Finance.-..-.---- 42 

may fill vacancy in office, when ......-..----..---.-..-- 9 

GAs are DORIS Ls cone O00 foe. ee 87 

Member Oleosm. Ge Piveneetes | wane wees OLS ek 41 

CLAD me Ont a BMC g. vowenue 2 See LY SL 08 4 86 

OONERR Grote iis penalty TOheo m, see eo a ad eee 13 

power to appoint Auditing Committee _...-.....-.-..-- 12 

tO Temoye .Omeeres WHEN save. co. sol ck Le, 15 

to be President of Trustees of Relief Funds...._...---.. 68 

PaO GO OE Mn Sota anatee cee bo BOR ale wh op 10 

to receive department reports annually__-__...-.---.--- 158 

PYROS free stele EME Ein ne ghee. YS Sd ok oe 40) 

ferserutr COntraCts, (Leeds, 6G, (2. 2 fleck Le be dee. 11 

MBI Met ee Cite OUCne meee = Joa ape case can cP eee 12 

[eee dees iain Lh) ate ai ay A SO) nee PR Pe cL Rae 6 

Vaoalcy insouce.o1, now olled Ao zed: beers yee eee 10 

VOLGe DUWOn Os oren Sees oo ee tee Aus 2 a ed 11 

SPI ERIRO FEI Gaertn the Peeing a eee Oe a ee i eee 6 

Mayor’s appointees exempt from civil service.--.-...-.-------- 118 

Must ne Pesidentes oo hol sr She eee 146 

Secretary, appointment and duties of..-....-----.------ 39 

LOL MU TSaIALY: Olds ce ak ss 12 2s2 a. wee yee 39, 40 

Meetings of Boards of Aldermen and Councilmen.--.___- .----- 126 

SOM pees A HGW: Ware. 24. see ed eed ee ke 38 

Court of Common Council, power de warning of_--- 137 

howiwarnedis yc tes. 38 

HMorgine for. soe ee 128 

special, of Court of Common Council, how called -_-_ 11 

Merchandise, power de regulation peddling of _-__-.___.--------- 137 

Messages, Mayor to send quarterly. 2.14 ..220.--- elle. eee 11 

Military and poll taxes, how collectible ..-...---.--------------- 31 

Militia, etc., may be summoned by Mayor, when ....---...-.--- 12 

- how paid when called into service by Mayor..-.-.-.---- 14 

Milk, sale of, Board of -Health to regulate..._:............-..- 94 

Misdemeanors, arrests for, without warrants....-----.--.-.---- 197 

Money; barriwinp of, power) dex cee aera oo ra te. eee tee 137 

Municipal officers, charges against, how brought.------.-..---- 140 

not.to furnish materials Jo. <2... 2-235. - 153 

not to give bonds for liquor licenses .._..---- 139 

CNG aN CE yh ae AEE. attire a ei oe Meee ANT ed Wy be! 152 

prohibited from receiving gifts.......___---. 139 

to retain office, how long -..-_.-.-.--....--- 135 

N 

Naval Reserve, etc., may be summoned by Mayor, when.--.. --- 12 

Neglect of duty, etc., cause for removal from office._.._....---- 139 
New Haven City School District, affairs, how managed-__._.---- 104 . 

GE ee eee ee Sut oe whe 104 


IDEN OF. oes yee oe DSS PWS pe LON AL ROD, Oa Sen ate: 14/8 A ad 3 


vw — —_ 
GO # @ OI oT 2 


@ 


~I 


o> Op Cr 


126 INDEX. 


Nominations, certificates of, how filed _._.---.__-- PEP ae A = 
for offices; when\mad6. 2.2, 2-h ant eae eee 
Non-residents, to have library privileges, when ---------------- 
how m0tified Sel7s 0.2 a ee eee oe ae 

Notes or bonds, order for payments.) ee ee ee ee 
Notice of appeal by removed official, on whom served ---------- 
of assessments,| how made. -! 90 eee 

DOW? Sent {anaes ss Sere een ees 

of Board of ‘Charities, etc., how served.) 2-2 2c 25-2 sue ee 

of Board of Finance meetings 2s. eee eee eee 

to Court of Common Council, how served ..-._....----- 

of dismissal of teachers, when required_...._.__..-.-.-- 

of examinations under Civil Service Board .--.----..---- 

of hearings; how: Sérveudc. 2. oot. eee 

of indebtedness, to ‘be: filed @ss¢). yee Cee gee uae 

to. non-residents, how given —225-.44 seater eee eee 

of ‘order for walks; ete:, how given... eee 
Nuisances, abatement of, by Board of Health..__--...-...--.-- 
power de prohibition and abatement of_-__-....------ 
Nambering of Buildings" powénde=. en ee ee 


Oath of Judges ‘of. City Court 25 S20 ana. oe eee ee 
of office, fornr of 2.22 25. 2 ee Se ee ee 
required on bills; ete; 25 ven ee ee 
to be taken by officers of City Court’_--)--..22202 5-22. .e 
administration.of s.2v.. uve aie eee eee 
of City tAttormmey, 2's 20 te see eee See oa ee 
City Clerk and Controller authorized to administer -__---_- 

Obstructing or abusing Mayor, penalty for ....-_------------.- 

Obstruction of officers, power de punishment for_---_---..----- 

Office hours-City Attorney, oo ee ee eee 

City Clerks how regulated s. . 258 220 See eee 

Clerk of: Gity; Courtice © 2 otc aue a See eae ee 
holders prohibited from receiving gifts._.......----.-.-- 
but'one to be held by same person ..-. ...5-22-25----os% 
supplies, show, purchased) oo. a 
Officers, bonds of. 2222. aoe eget 2 att «ee pee a ee te ee 
City, causes for removalioo les. 2 vee ee eeeeeee eae 
of City Court, salaries oft@ ae pocee ase = et eras eee 
of: City, elected where 70 See See ay eee 
City, must be resident-electors.........--+------------ 
City, nominations for, when made.__.__..------------ 
City; salaries sof a0 omen ne ke a ee eee ieee 
of departments, ‘retired: how.st cuce oo 2 eee le es eee 
Superintendents to be executive ------- 

form of oath: 27572 Ga hee eee ae 
to:hold but one position jis. 202 co eae ee ee 
to hold monthly conferences with Mayor -.-....------- 
may be removed by Mayor, procedure....-..--.-----:- 
not to furnish materials to City .....-.-....-.-----=-- 


131 


INDEX. 


Officers, not otherwise provided for, how appointed --......---- 
obstruction of, power de punishment for __..-. --.---- 
penalty for accepting gifts, ete... see. s06- se see 
of Police and Fire Departments, how appointed and 


LOMO oe oer ee he ret 47, 59, 


Dower Ge CONIDENsBWONOL. fw oct a seers 24 n s wae 

GO" OM DIGY CIORRS ac leds ace eres alata As hae! 

de removal and expulsion of .. ..--.--.-.------ 

to receive no compensation but salary......-.------.--- 
removals Ofels Jono ere oe eee ita adte ba ores oe 

OL By; OTUGT Ob COUT Ue etek get ie rsa 

Of DVL Mayors some ei ils kn aes ee ae wa 

etc., to submit estimates, when.._------ Apa Pee ope 

Ciiege VECRNCIOS iN NOW TUCO hsek ons StL Ale hi eu Be ee 
Officials, who exempt from civil service -_.-....-.-.-----+-.+.--. 
pening Gf sirects; DOWe? Gari 2) janes ns Koja daion eee ceed 
Opinions of Corporation Counsel, who may obtain _-_-_-------- 


Gieenve, wien in City urisciOnOU.) eee. osc la ie wie. on 


Orders, how drawn and countersigned by Controller, 2i-sasann. 
for improvements, appropriations must first be made-__- 
not to be passed unless money is in treasury__-__-------- 
OUiBtRNIne ACCOUNT OL eens wet erate UR fats 8 
BOLUPADAIG NY AL TORRUTOr, WHOL Vcreee aes Sara bw teen Sh 
for payment of executions, how paid -... .......-----.- 
omrelier fund fo. be signed. hows <4 oiks Sinise seed 

Ordinances de buildings, Fire Marshal to enforce -__-----_----- 

de buildings, violations of, to be reported to Mayor-- 
and by-laws; DoW adopted. .u2 s)4. oat a eS a aioe 

to be printed before adoption.--..----- 
to change salaries 2 poss seks taste pies oe RED aia 
City tOreenGLsend CODIGS OL 22s), lo ue ens 
TOWer Cea OtCr a cell: Re eye wa ded bi lee 
NOATING UM eLOTe BACON LOM Ws. sucrose gs oi ele 
mush De-approvediby Mayor. — sic. pend as eon 
PNUSY- DEC OTOLISN ON Som me crt eA wre atae # bot 2! 
park rules to have effect of----- ESR Ee ee Sec he a id 
MeDGltLGss MOW SNLOLCON Os toa. wa Neds da ee noes 
etc., penalties for violation, how collected .--.------ 
de Police and Fire Departments, to remain in force-- 
power de penalty for violation of.--...-------.----- 
to be published: by:City: Clorkt) cece wid oes ies tone 
TOVINION Gis nea Mer er pe ee aes vee aint 
violation of, cause for removal from office--.-.__-_-- 
violation of, City Attorney may accept penalty ----- 

Outlying wards, how brought under full City jurisdiction -.-._- 

officers right to vote, when -...-....-..--.---- 
not to receive fire or police protection -.-.---.- 

Prererannds,) LAXAMON. Ol. 36 dood ee sme tog a ane en tS nck Me 


Sec. 


214 
137 
168 


127 


Page 


65 
42 
50 


64 16, 20, 21 


137 
157 
137 

40) 
119 
141 
213 
148 
149 
118 
137 

16 


137 


_ 129 


137 


129 


138 
183 


138 
30 


139 
192 
218 
216 
217 
217 


42, 


38, 


42 
49 
42 
14 
36 


A ad 


128 INDEX. 


P 

Bec. = "Page 
Page of Board of Aldermen and Councilmen, how appointed - - -- 128 38 
Parades, appropriation for, how made -...:--..--..-.2-..--2-. 44 15 
power de regulation'oie. 2°"... moe ae ee 137 42 
Parks,-appropriations for 2+ sewer. 4o0! is he ae eee eh ees eee 92 30 
enlargement Offs ssuce see! neces Sees Cie 91 30 
improvements, City’s power dé sic22.sesee eee oe 135 40 
power of Board of Common Council de..-.--------...-- 182 39 
Park Commission, yacancy in, how. filledve.20) 222i ee se eee 87 28 
Commissioners, appointment and removal of --.---------- 87 28 
to appoint Superintendents, etc.-.-.-.---- 91 30 
Board of, how constituted .....--.-------- 86 28 
may call on City Engineer _._.--..-----.- 1 30 
Commissioners’ Secretary, salary of .-......-...------2--- 91 30 
Department, powers and duties of....---..----.---------- 86-92 28-30 
rules, to be approved by Court of Common Council . ._--.-- 88 29 
Superintendent may arrest, when .....----.-.--..---.---- 88 29 
Paupers, Gare. of cates Ss 2rd iy scaw ie a een eee es ea oe 202 60 
duties of City.ide-\cuasst uate autem ee 200 60 
power and duties of Board of Charities and Correction de 202 60 
Pavements, assessments for permanent, how made, etc. ._.----- 81 26 
construction of, Engineer to superintend _._._.-.-- 76 24 
power to require restoration of same ___.---------- 137 42 
Paving act, assessments not advertised, when_-.----------.---- 136 41 
streets, power of Court of Common Council de _...---.- 132 39 
Payment, of bonds or-notes ...<. 25502 fee e ee eee 25 10 
borrowed funds <2 -YL2S 53S 2 ee ee 45 16 
OXECUTONS : at hone ag ee ees ae ie eee ee 25 10 
officers and employes.-------..-.--- Peter ena 45 16 

Peace and good order, general power of City .--..------.------- 137 42 - 
Peddling; power:deirepulation of oe ast ee ee 137 42 
Penalties, to be collected by City Attorney .-..----..-...-.-.-- 192 58 
Tor disobedience of park rulés..-.5 9222245_- ee eee e 88. 29 
and tines, to. go.into treasury ya -2 2-8 eee ase ace 183 55 
power of City Attorney joe) ote ote we ae ee 183 5d 
power to prescribe for violation of Ordinances.-------- 138 44 
for refusing-to aid police:. 1s. ee eee oe eee 198 59 
for violation of Civil Service Board rules _._.....---- 121 37 
for violation of Health Board rules_.__..-..----.----- 94 30 
for violation of Ordinances, power to fix_._..--.----- 137 72 
Pension fund, amount to be granted._............----_---.--.- 70 23 
howgranted 2.20060 a9 Bias ae ee ee - 69 23 
fund of ;police. and frement2 ti 7a ese eee ee 66-72 22-23 
Permits, for, buildings-..4 720-2 AMS ees Seren se oe oe 57 19 
enarge of ious Se eer, ee: Sewn oer yee ae 74 24 
Plans, etc., to be made and preserved by Engineer. -------...- 76 24 
Plumbing Inspector, appointment of 2-228 eae eae ee eae 95 31 
Plarality selection by.22< 28: ies. e a ee 9 5 
Police appointments, civil service rules to govern.-.___-----.-- 47 16 
to ‘havé jurisdiction of parks,.Wsi 5 uecn lo oe ee ee 88 29 
pensions OF 2.35 ie, oe ae a Rhee: ieee ee 69 23 


power to call ifor aagistance) =o. ..-54-5 ae eee ate 198 59 


INDEX. 

Sec 
BIO TOLATOO. oo ob outs en eee hn oie Cee cee wi doen 69 
Teured, subject to orders os eee ee eo shee es 71 

and sanitary jurisdiction of City......-..-----...------- 1 
Bervice in outlying warden deccereeneeeloe- = lS. ee 19 
Commissioners, to appoint officers of department. -____- 59 
to appoint and promote officers, ete. --.._ 64 
must confirm suspensions ._.----...----- 60 
how constituted and appointed _..____._- 48 

not to deal in liquors, give bonds or sign 

Apne oe SUP 63 
to fix compensation of members -..._-_.- 50 

Wee vopral, PENSIONS ue joue. oo ' 
nahh LWT f 9) Cg Saag ee a 63 
power AnG-duinies Of. 2. 2.55. aos0.2 See. 48, 59 
powers concerning elections --.---.----- 52 
powers de supplies, heating, lighting, etc. 59 
to prescribe rules for department--.-...-- . 59 
MUTE OFy TOG WiTed suas fue a es a aee's 64 
may remove, reduce officers, etc. ----_--- 65 
may retire ollicerss.2 5). si ucelowole oe 2 69 
Para VOL oes. = is Shee ea eae 48 
to be trustees of relief fund.._--2--.._.- 68 
Department, applicants for, how examined..----..------ 118 
to\assist in.care, of lamps: 2622.2) 220 ie le 53 
charges against members, how brought _..-- 60 
how constituted f7se tu) o6 4 Se 48 

efficiency, Chief responsible for --_-----.__- 60 
Mayor to assume control, when ..._--.----- 12 
POWersanc-Uuties Of! oa 28 seo ers est 46-53 
to preserve yood orderly Saris gi2 ors e- AT 
unclaimed property to go into pension fund - 67 
TAORA. SG DOLUIPNeN@ OL Bisometsein ae cose eS ess 47 
(ahiete DOWD DOINtOl er fie a pete eee kes 49 
Cuiios and powers: Oe ss see ee ne oo eer a ae 60 
to make and enforce rules at elections__------__-- 52 
Mayormay appoint, when: -. 255.2. 522... -)4 2 49 
torreporinte Commissioners ¢2 22.5 - 5 oes ec see 60 
to serve or Civil Service Board 2 2.2.5. 5i4-2.0.-- 117 
may suspend members of force, when-_----------- 60 
supernumeraries, how appointed _.-_--- AS See or kas oe AT 
Policemen’s Relief Fund, Commissioners to be trustees of .___-- 68 
and Firemen etcier Hund yesh os ee ig ve 66-72 
Poll and military taxes, how'collectible ...---222-.22--0..2.-- 31 
Polling places, list of, to be furnished Mayor and Selectmen ---- 52 
Police Commissioners to select __....--...------ 52 

regulations by Chief or Police Cella sae aS. d2 

use of saloons prohibited... 20 Gr -Saee re 52 

Poor, care of, by Department of Charities and Correction_--_---- 202 
Powers, of removed officer pending appeal -.-._...------------ 12 
and jurisdiction of City Court, criminal.....--.------- 185-198 
Practice, rules of, in City Court . 2-12... -..22-2-+.22.4.--4--5-- 175 


Precincts, voting, how established .......-..-.-.-----.------«- 4 


17, 20 


130 INDEX. 


Prerogative, writs not to be issued by City Court __..-.-.------ 
President of Board of Alderman, to be Acting Mayor, when _-_-_- 
how ehoselsi2y..s + eee eee 

powers and duties of -.____-_- 

of Compensation, how selected-__...--...-- 

of Councilmen to be acting Mayor, when... -- 

how chosens so ye.cee ot seek oe 

powers and duties of --------- 

Private way, permission required to open .____---- nahh dm ed Rae 
Process, civilsaheriihwiserve se. seine hn aioe eer ae 
criminal, how served’ Seu ewe ee ce a eee eee 

service of; in City Courts. tee eda on eee nee 
Processions,. power de regulationtor =a oss4- 3. here Ge poe cea 
Promotions under civil service ------ Pf paps bia yy $a ch lnc Param 
by Commissioners of Police and Rice Departments -- 

in Fire eens: how madestawer oceee ses 


Public buildings, Director to have charge of_........---------- 
to be inspected by Fire Marshal _.__.._...--- 
land+for, ‘City’ apoweridess si eetees eee eee 
power de improvement’ Ob soos sues cee wees 

conveyances, power de licensing of ....-...------..---- 
health, powers of Board of Health de -..._--..--.--.--- 
Library’ Reiter Oe ee poms et ate ieee eer eet 


(See Director of Public Works.) 


Q 


QOaliication of ofite holders: o-, s-onct pent aoe epg -he 
Quarantine, power de establishment of..... ......---.-.-.---- 
Quorum of Court of Common Council, how obtained-..-.--..-- 

OL ire COMDissIONers 2. taunt. a ose ean ane ae 


Railroad bridges, appeal from orders de_............-------«-- 
powers of Court of Common Council de ___-_- 
street, power de regulation of -........1200 4. -esecusn 

(See Street Railroads.) 
Railway tracks, power de cleaning of . ..----.---.------ thas 
Rate of interest on liens and unpaid taxes.._.--.--_.-.---.---- 
of taxation dn Town linits) i) hain See oe eee 
Receipts, form of, regulated by Board of Finance ..__---------- 
Receptions, appropriation for, how made ...-.---.--. -..------- 


Sec. 


172 
10 
126 
131 
76 
10 
126 
1381 
132 
38 
194 
178 
187 
118 
64 
5d 
47 
81 
74. 
o7 
135 
137 
137 
94 
98 
100 
73-85 


73 


146 
137 
128 
64 
137 
64 


134 
134 
137 


137 


150, 151 


217 


24-28 


INDEX. 131 
Sec. Page 
eeuruseanny Clerk: $0 meeps icsthueduest nee odend swede Senteenwe 35 12 
of Department of Charities, open for inspection _- 203 61 
etc., hhow may be examined... 2... scu.ses enon 12 7 
Registrar of Vital Statistics, duties, salary and bond of__-.-..-- 11 6 
OSB DOL ide ent Oly oan Ki pane tied d 18 8 
expenses of, how paid ....._...-.-- 11 6 
RAMON ale eet lege tsa es oe ees 11 6 
of Voters, election of._....-- OS ci a i EATS Fee 13 8 
DOWere aN CUMEROL Sr ecu Gey 4c Je nedin 13 8 
iepistration Of lAnGrere tacos eee ee oe oe ictes wale o bile 118 36 
Rerulations abvoting places serae uae eos che an ee th ae 52 18 
Relief, Board of, how appointed and constituted_._.....-...--- 212 64 
funds, Commissioners to be trustees of_..-.-.....------ 68 22 
department clerk, to be clerk of _...-........-.-- 68 22 
ge cie ce, PLO p ne FS g cts Dele et aa eh Pe a ae 68 22 
policemen’s’and:firemen’s.~.-..-.--- -.-.-.<.2.- 66-72 = 22, 28 
record of, given by Board of Charities.--.-.....- 208 61 
trustees, record of action to be kept._......--.--- 72 23 
MeO yaa Ol mLicngs DOWEL Ue Wo koe le ees eee ou 137 42 
SEO CHNCY A WOE NOY ose ian ina Se a af 151 47 
COUP irc Carrie: | wera tea) 00 eT ae ae 165 50 
of department officers or employes, how made --_----- 65 21 
ot heads of bureaus, how made.2s a hue! pti ewe. 79 24 
OP OTICOTSE to. os tthe ae ee Se tka I 139-144 45, 46 
DypMavords ce). eres Pe She a x 209, 211 63, 64 
Gatisessfor and procedure, Jo 60 a eere lene 1389, 144 45, 46 
from office, by Mayor, procedure and appeal from-.--- 2138 64 
PyrerdenorCourh. 520s ak Sel rey sete eee 141 45 
of officers, officer removed not eligible to office .___-- 141 45 
witness when not excused from testifying - 144 46 
BRIO) Gr colar soos te ah ee cee kh 140-142 45, 46 
other powers of removal not curtailed ---- 143 46 
by Board of Charities and Correction _._.-------...- 204 61 
by Director of Public Works, to approve, when. --.-- 76 24 
TTL N ATACLEY OLLI LOTT ks he cr ie et een ge aide 120 ov 
of officers, Civil Service Board to make rules _______- 110 35 
OL Fark Womminsioners.: acc. ee uacec lt he a db fhe ate 87 28 
of Superintendent of Schools -.......----..---.----- 107 34 

Repairing and cleaning of streets, etc., Superintendent to have 
GRR POM hae ce as eens a Nets Ce ON eee te Ce Re 76 24 
epeal of atts Inoonmistentse so ee he 163, 199, 226 50, 60, 67 
Report, annual, of department officers _._.......---.---------- 158 49 
of assessments by Bureau of Compensation -.......---- 80, 84 26, 28 
ofBoard, of wascsamentewn cae ee Weer Sah. Ge ces 84 28 
of Controller, to be made to Mayor........-.-.-.------ 22 9 
of Relief Fund, to be made to Mayor ___..--......--.-- 72 23 
of Registrar of Vital Statistics ..22.220----Ls22ss-beee 208 62 
of Superintendent of Charities, de purchases.-..-.._--- 206 61 
Pre carpert CLOT Oe oe eee sik cae eee ee eae 207 62 
of Treasurer, to be made monthly...:..........-...... 38 14 
Resistance of officers, power de punishment of...-..-.--------- 137 42 
Retired officer may be restored, how ....----.-----..---------- 70 23 


1382 ; INDEX. 


Retirement of members of Police and Fire Departments, how made 
Rights, powers.and ‘privileges of City (oct. J: 22. --e Sse ee 
Riots, ete., Mayor to suppress: <2 ase2scst See tne eee a eee 
suppression Ofesei lease tes eee ee ee Re Ne C9 
Rales,of Board of -KRdueation sec. 0u2 0: eo. e ee ee oe 
Health, how enforced and penalty _._.-------- 
t0,:be,published:,2F2 vies te ee 

of Civil Service Board ....-.......- Pe a oe ee 2 


de Department of Charities and Correction -.-...-------- 
of Practiée-in Gity: Courtesy. ie yece. 7 yee ote ete eee 
of procedure of Court of Common Council...._---------- 
for Public Library 2ivusauy Act Se eS eee ae 
and Regulations, Park Commissioners, how made __------ 


palaries, OL Assessora ssa eels Seles eS dee wee eee eee 
of Board.of Compensation fe. su ebeag seo eee ee 
of City Court oficersig7 1 ak eee ees eee 
Knpineer.i,2evedsccae eis seater a ere 
officers wt Ss Toe ae ie a eee 

of clerks, Board of Finance to approve.--_---._...--+-- 
of clerical assistants, Board of Finance to fix ___.-.----- 
Controller. not.to pay, whent oe 202 2 este eee 
of Director.of Public: Works 29iseee yy ee ee ee 
of inspector. of Balldings vag 2lee. Cees see ee ee 
how increased or. decreased a2s22 500% Be aa = es 
to be in lieu of other compensation ..-.__..-----. ----- 
of members of Police Department_.._.----....-------. 
DEWAR OR 2 rer ce eh oe tel Aon Che Ses eee 
of Park Commissioners’ Secretary --------- cx. PEE La 
when payabléais..o5-.. 4 ee ewaw le lee ee ee 
Onboard of4heliel 2: Xcess See cee Be 
of Registrar’ ot.V ital Statistics .2.205 -eeeceee Sees 
of Selectmen.2 i bier See ee eee a eee 
opsuaperintendent of Charities). «yeu cee eee 
Fire: Departments. 2777) ee et 

Police: Department ias 74.32 Bee: 

SOWOlS i.e e bene pee oes 

piredtsi.2 buono ne ora ee 

of Town Clerk oc Aine sige ciara ee eee re ene emer 
paleof City, property, contract delete 2e Yee ee 
of food, regulation. ;of sy Ae ee ae ee ee 
power detinspéctionjol rae eae eae ee st 

of milk,’ Board of Health to regulate’. 220.222 52 22.61 lees 
Saloons, not to be used for voting places ....---._.......-----. 
Sanitary inspectors, appointment of _._.4......._-..---..----- 
qurisdiction/of Citylou. ven ee Oe Cn ee 

Scales, weights or measures must be inspected annually -.------ 
School appropriations, Board of Finance to make -....--...---. 
City may take: land for: seu Oi ae oe ee ee 


211 


171 


157 


120 


25 


INDEX. 133 

Sec. Page 

EEUU atsuGriCus, ANNGXAUOT Of" wet ra us os dcsa ne ce cee ccicne 116,117 35, 36 
consolidation of, how accomplished....-.----- 116 35 

how consolidated with City .._...-...-.--..-- 223 66 

DOW-IOST RGR eS ee Sl. see ee 104 33 

Westville and South, continued ____-.-...-.-_- 223 66 

funds, controlled by Board of Education_..._. .._- ape 108 34 

houses, Fire Marshal to inspect -..-_...--------.-..-.-- 57 19 

houses, special appropriations for --..----.--.-.-----.- 111 30 
property, title to, vested in Board of Education__-__. -..-- 115 3) 
Superintendent, how appointed, powers of_._.----.-.-- 106 33 

of, appointment and dismissals by-_---- 107 34 

of, monthly and annual report of __..-- 107 34 

terin and anne w Of es fe hn baie nie? 107 34 

tax boatd, of DP imanée to levyieg pobeeks. ous een on 110 35 

TO GID AV OSU VU ANG AINE e ie as oe ps oe ed. 217 65 

Tatar, when due snd payablege o< SedetuGcr geek ees e 150 47 

SY OR TY ee ie Ae Rae Satie a ee Se PES Oe ade ee 2 1 
Sealer of Weights and Measures, appointment and term of-. -.-_- 37 13 
to appoint assistants ..--_..__- 37 13 

powers and duties of..... _.-- 39 14 

Search warrants, issuance of, by City Court ....-.-...-.--..--- 173 53 
DeRONUa NWSI oo sey, Ske ene eee teen he ha Ne 3 3 al 
Secretary of Board of Park Commissioners...._......---------- 91 30 
Education, how appointed _-......-------- 106 33 

of Civil Service Board, duties and salary of ....-...--- 122, 1238 37 

fo Mayor, duties andisalary: of2.5 ee owe ee See Se 39, 40 14 

Se lGGidotl dns Ge OLeClOEs, beer elcy oh Sac hoo Saree Wed eee ee 209 63 
duties of, transferred to Board of Charities ---.-._-_- 206 61 

BlSCiid ANG Lernis Of ee. Rist ioe et ie eee 558 209 63 

powers, duties and compensation of .______.--_---- 209 63 

Services of TOUICGE Tr WHOTi cr oat aie DE ely) 5 « pat ley By We ceil 890. 79 26 
SUSAN DASE E Cato) SIRES Seep & LAGE gh ae ge a ee a a 3 1 
BOWIE bOLeal GL, DOWOrs Of. 59. 2 eeerd: fle each Sellout 76 24 
Director of Public Works in charge of .-...--.___.---- 74 24 
Engineer to superintend, to make plans ------_--.-_---. 76 24 

Dorm Geryk City dete rak ru ee eae et od Ge 133 40) 

ats, delaying Oi OE (ie eet tee hare S08 Gechsbine te 137 42 
Superintendent of, duties and powers of -...-...------ 76 24 

Sheriff, to attend: City Court, when. | sco (20... os sou awe 88,182 14, 55 
Olive duties cf, caret urea oka pele eames! oie ak Jes) ay 38 14 

salary Ofc4t ou i. eh. Op RRO, Utena Be ee) aa ne ee 40 14 

to serve notices and civil process . ..._.-_----_.------ 38 14 

and constables to assist Mayor, when.....-.----------- 12 7 

Shows, processions, etc., power de regulation of ._..---.---.---- 137 42 
Sidewalks and streets, construction and repair of, how ordered -- 82 27 
Murb) Ste appoan com Order sae. sts es oe 85 28 

to be kept clean, power de_... .----- (Riese Sa acto hs 137 42 

60,, orders. for, (how, derveda seu ule as ee ts 82 27 
Superintendent of Streets in charge of __.__._. ..__-- 76 24 

todays wher .osd2eas S22 82 27 

Pere ier ends GONMNURNOG OL -oeit.S te. Sy fated a bis owufetscads 3% 159 49 
Fund Commissioners, bonds of.....-.-..---.--.------ 159 49 


134 INDEX. 


Sec. 
Sixth Wate so 34, 25 cad dasseb soe cee Sete eet as: oe eee eee 3 
Snow, to be cleaned from walks, power de _-_._.-.---.---------- 137 
ete., on sidewalks, how removed... . 22.22.2222 22.5205 82 
South School districtorss gece pose Sea recat See eee ee ee 116, 117 
contanded ar. 022 Re esc ee eee 25 
Special constables, how appointed .-_.......-.---.---.-------- 47 
power de appointment of__-.------.----.--- 137 
election, when and how ordered -.-...-...-.----------- 9 
meetings of Court of Common Council.-..--.--- ---- 11, 123-125 
how called_-.---.- 127 
Speed of animals and vehicles, power de regulation of--_.---.-- 137 
Specifications, etc., Engineer to make___.2- 21. 22.22...-2. ---- 76 
Sprinkling of streets, assessments and liens for,_-_.-..--..------ 136 
liens for, to take priority 2. 205.2202. 2-2 83 
power to: providerfors <- Siar eo ae ae 187 
Springside Home and Farm, Superintendent of......-.---.---- 204 
Squares, power of Court of Common Council de ____....------- 132 
State Attorney to prosecute City officers, when -.--_._.-------- 141 
Stationery and supplies, Controller to provide _...-.-.--------- 21 
Stores, temporary. power'to: tax ve SUL erst ees erecta et 137 
Street cars, power de speed of. 2-5. 1.732 Meta Neti 137 

paving act, continued. (See Appendiz.) 

assessments and liens]. ig ya sol Es ea 136 
liens to:take ‘privrity Sewn oie Oe 83 
power de assessments for._._-----.-.-------- 137 
of Court of Common Court de.-_-.--..- 136 
railroads, assessments against and how collected .._.__.-- 136 
tracks, power de cleaning of ..-..........--.--- 137 
Streets, Bureau of) 6.0. cove eds sae a oe aah ee ee 76 
cleaning, opening and grading, Director in charge of -_- 74 
control of Court of Common Council de ___._--..------ 132 
7 lavont tots US cee Sid eee Pee ee oe ee 132 
layouts, extensions, etc., City’s power de....-----...-- 135 
opening, grading, etc., provided for_ ..--_____- 157 

to be referred to Department of Public Works- 7 
how opened J #4 ncestoee hs bade woe eae ee ee 132 
in parks not controlled by Gonmisaonee 3 Se Iie Pues 89 
paving, etc., power of Court of Common Council de_- 182 
power de ‘excavation ing. foe 7 eee ee eee ee 137 
laying out, grading, te ul Qe Forks ee 137 
numbering. Of S2losascn se ne ae ae neeme aes 137 
sprinkling. Of;-by City 22 odes hea seen ta op 137 
repair of, by Court of Common Council_--....._...--- 132 
Superintendent of, duties and powers of --..-.-_-.--.- 76 
Subponas, issuance-of fete, 420s aa ee Se ee 131 
Suits, right-of OCityto sue, ete... sae sees ee ee 2 
Superintendents, to be appointed by Park Commissioners ------ 91 

of Charities and Correction, appointment of, 

salary, etens ook er 201 
of Charities and Correction, nets Ber Rots ate 205 
of departments, powers and duties of.....___. 60 
to report to Commissioners - - -- 60 


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42 


INDEX. . 


Superintendents of departments, terms extended ___..--..---..- 
Superintendent of Fire Alarm Telegraph, etc., appointment of-- 
duties of....... 

Department, how appointed__..--.....- 

duties and powers of__-..._--- 

BRARES Oe te Lees de cw aia 

to serve on Civil Service Board- 

e how may suspend member of 
Prom WE BTE tA eS Nike re 

of. Parks; may. arrest, when .-s .....<-.-2.- 

of Police, hom popointed 23s e-24 Gos dull se 

to have charge of Detective Bureau 

Department, duties and powers of 

to enforce rules at elections.__--. 

Mayor may appoint, when------- 

BALNT WO ueas. & 2 sa aes ee ee 

to serve on Civil Service Board. -_ 

may suspend member of force, 

WEAN oe ogee a ie cee ger 

may take bonds, when.----...._.- 

of Schools, how appointed, powers of.-1--._- 
monthly and annual report of---- 

power of appointment and dis- 


POIOVAL Of ai. | ame ease eee ar 
of Sewers, appointment and salary of_....--- 
to have charge of sewers, etc...-- 
duties and powers of_----.------ 
of Springside Home and Farm, duties of__--- 
of Streets, appointment and salary of_.--.-.- 
SSAC 8 Rois Oagtitep acm icee eye gp ee ne ven 


Ni PAN 1 RR ROE Pee, SS Ieee ee el 

Supplies for City contracts, provisions de -.--.__...------------ 
to be furnished by commissioners of department ------- 

Since) how prroliased =o tooo ee oe eS age ee Loss 

and stationery, Controller to furnish.__._-...---..--.-- 
Swpernumeraries, how appointed ...--.-....--j..-~-..-4--+-465- 
Superior Court Judge, to order notices..-.-...-.-..-..-.-----< 
Suxvoties, Controller's, liable, when. «<b. esac. Uo See 0 
Paraty conipan y. bond, Tequired oyoue. 1. 2G. Jualad. we ede pte = 
Suspension from office, pending hearing on charges._---------- 
of offiGete BO wi Mat Gis tiene ee ort, ee eee ire aes 

of Police and Fire Department officers, how made--- 

by Superintendents of Departments_.__.----.-----. 


Peee MOTO UCOStS OF, 8DPOA) oo. <n kek ona Sch 4~ <n awe oe ne asia da= 
aioe it. OULLYINg Wards 2. othe teeth ays eae wee 
Pe DUSLOR GTOUNGS Wer. cb vicdwns «> 48 does aie ee eee 


Sec. 


61 
55 
58 
56 
60 
55 
117 


60 
88 
49 
47 
60 
52 
49 
50 
117 


60 


188 


106 
107 


107 
107 


217 
217 


135 


Page 
21 
19 
20 
19 
20 
19 
36 


20 
29 
a 
16 
20 
18 
17 


~ 
‘ 


36 


20 
56 
33 
34 


136 : INDEX. 


Taxation, rate of.....-.--- sant 9s ein he we RRs ah eed 

of 13th, 14th and LothIW ards. 22057 222 ee Soe 

Tax Collector. (See Collector.) 

Taxes, abatement of, notice of, to Collector....-...-....-..-.- 
and assessments. warrant for collection of...._-..------ 
discounting. Ofs 2 se Sauget raion ale Ae Rhett ee i ee 
when due tae oie eo bee Pe Ore Po ees 
POWerde GOLSGHOTINGL poe and et Peer eile ee ees ae 
PYIOVILYs OLN peigs na eos A EN cee eee 
to’ be received» by: Collector. 2222 Sosa es eee ee ee 
Town,.to be.collected by:City; “getea slat as Be eal 
unpaid, to be collected by Assistant Corporation Counsel 
interostiont. 2 SU see re ee re 

Tax liens,to be:signed by Collectorwigo eat a hn cae ~ ee 

levy ‘by Board, of sNinante . 2a ee ee a 
powered temporary 'swOreeait Sasa tee eee ae oe ewe 
rate to be reported to Court of Common Council_-_.------- 
school; Boardpt. Winanca tolevy 222 eieoes sea cet oe 
Telegraph, fire alarm (25. 250-2205. 2S sees} een teen t= 


Danth | Weard o2 sya SOONER OLE ae eee Se ath ae 
Verritorial timits of City. 0a TOE ee ee ees eee 
Testimony of witness, when not to be used against him .--.----- 
Term of Assiatant.City Clerk 2eciteyen ones sea ese see 
of Department Superintendent extended ....___.---_----- 

of Director of Public Works. ee eecee eee oe 

of Library: Directors oot Paes Bee ee ee ee 

of members of Board of Compensation._...-.---.-----..- 

of oities of; Corporation,Counsdl yas sien eee ee eno oe 

and salary of Superintendent of Schools __----..--------- 

of Selectmen tps See ea eee Je seen ae 

i of Bown lerk,) Registrars, (60.22. 2b eek eo eee 

OR TOw DOMeers Ul see cee re CE te ee ee 
unexpired) appointmentfor usc. eee ee 
Terms of aldermen and councilmen in 13th, 14th, and 15th Wards 
OPA BSGSSOFS. Huy A eee ee ee eee ee ee, Berane 


Of Dity officers ds 26 aoe oe oe eee ee 
of members of Board of Charities and Correction.-..__-. 
ofimembers.of Board of Finance... -. 252 ea 
of mem bers, of: Board. of Healthy... Sawer en vee 


ofununicipal officers sieve See ae oe ae. eeenele 
ofefiice extendéd 4% Vey eee Joes Foe eae 

of present officers: soo OL ee eee 
Text books, Board of Education to designate ---._....--.---.-- 
Third Ward 


police and fire protection in_2.7l2201 BAe 
+ CARAT OM IM ye ce econ rhe ca me ee 


Sec. 


217 


150 
1387 


Page 


27 
12 


INDEX. 

Sec 
mae. vou, ur ouce Board, how dissolyed -~<. 52.2 - 2066 teek oe 49 
SOW BOULLOD ccuWweer aie foe eek a tee sass USO Gu glee 9 
Own Git Wivy, CONBOLCAUOMOloe so Uo ucuh wd ons cea ece eae eee 215 
CeLe,- DODO Ole. woe eit ewancade es cet fal De Ue i. 207 
Cuties ani iemaAry Oreos. sooo 22s ed sgh Jat 207 
SIQOMOM Let week pean ooo Se tabs edicts Oud 210 
OS Parsee OL OW PG a Senos ak cel ees 207 
tees 40 go into-.City, Treasury Soltis 2n i eek 207 
Clerk to record certificates of liens ......-...-----..-..- 83, 186 
ey en ee ge te tO Se eke ain < wes aoe 207 
BRI ACiCe Cr eAeRI BUN... ley ot ae oe Od ane 207 
Poneta pies. ercontoll Of 2.2 ones ca ncee sc ese eeueee Se. 209 
duties and powers of, assumed by City_-_.-.--.----...--.- 219 
elections, City to pay expense of-_---._........---..---- 210 
Police Commissioners’ powers de ___...-------- 52 
WON HOME 2 Sy spon ago fhe Teh ae Lid eS CaO e ee Cee 210 
Health Officer, no jurisdiction in Town .........--...--- 94 
meeting, none hereafter to be held ..--_.......-----.----- 220 
Oticere, election and: terms of... 2220 95). Se eek 210 
nominations for, when made.....--.---.--.----- 147 
powers, duties and liabilities of, transferred to City -___-_- 200 
school fund, to be paid to Treasurer.-..------__-- Pikesct 108 
CepGsly .Uth fontcte. ot Pere du ean st MULT ee Ba 225 
rade. power de ropulation Of 27 cs eoedoo aoa 2 pee ee ee 137 
Transfers of appropriations, how made _..._._.--..----------- t4 
permitted how 222 Heelys 24 
to.veteran reserve forees st ili 02a i SS ole ei 51 
Treasurer, account tobe audited daily .-.................-.... 22 
HONG) Of scams sie tas ahd uack sae oes TT AOA 28 
City, to be treasurer of relief funds .....--._._..--. 68 
MleriegiLox Delsoa i wes is 2 Loe nt eke eel 28 
PLOCIIGIL Ob eae te Se Pet ae ee. Steins cits I PRS 6, 11 
Fo keep) Hurary candies. (ood pie leit Ub re eats 103 
OD NOTARY, .t0 Sin OLdern.] 2a) 3) Ua) Sons tent ok 103 
OCH aNd DOTS. a. enema reed weet tek cee ea 28 
OTLEr UAW MDOT oi ee ee Jee eaten eee. oe Be ey 25 
to pay orders drawn by Clerk of City Court _____---- 169 
WOT 2 Sao LL Pe ee Pe 30 
RALATICR MIMOU EDLY, Sverre Ley ean 02 Uy ee 40 
power-and.duties Of 2.0 2Js2b a5 elie ee ees Wate. 28-30 
receipts to.be.in duplicate 22.2 -l 5.22.05 Sele SU 33 
to receive deposits daily from Collector._...---_...- 30 
liquor license fees, when.-----....------- 66 
ie RE LEMA.  See rss ag SN ee Ne eg 108 
TO: TEPOTUANOM EMV owt. nas Chau cose we Bree Pa 30 
salary.of cpu eeee are ules ee lo leon) yep Wo ae! 4() 
Trees, power de planting and removal of._.........-.. ....-.-. 137 
Trespassing, power de prohibition of ......-+...-222.2..22--2.- 137 
iret, City empowered. to accept: =. ..0o2s-6u sek eects. le cek 137 
une ower LO A0ceplee se cease or oe ca abe ve ceeeeset a 137 


a os Ne aS CR er fy ia a ee tL 3 


27, 41 


1388 INDEX. 


Unanimous consent required, when. ....--.-..-..---.+--.-.--- 
Unclaimed and lost property to go to police relief fund -._____- 
Wnexpired ‘terms, appointment for v2 2202-2 ou. ae eee 
Unlawful assemblies, suppression of.-.....-...-021..--.--22.4- 
Unpaid taxes, interestion (ecco Ue od ae Sones renee 
Unsafe buildings, duty of Fire Department._..-.--......------ 

Hire Marshal deuce cae see ee 


Vacancies, in Board of Education, how filled....._...._..-..-.-- 
in‘ Hire: Boards how filled 22.2) aode~. eae eee nee 
in office, how filled.._.-.-.. epee Me eect A kes ily Atel 
in ottices, power We. filling Ofigeo. <oea woke ene 
in, ofticésof Mayor, -howiiilled gacp id cee eee tee 

of Chiof of: Police: howifilled eect pa2a so 
on Park:Commission, howiilled 22 ge een ue ee 
in President of Council Boards, how filled._-._.----.- 

Vagrants, power de punishment of 04 Wess. tee te ee seo eee eee 

Validity of acts of Assistant City Clerk _._.........-...-.----- 

Vehicles. (See Public Conveyances.) 

power de speed Of 55 Fea ee ee ee 

Veteran Reserve, compensation regulated_.....----------..---- 

how constituted 257. wee Spee ee eee oe emnoe 

Veto, effect of Mayor’s failure to act within ten days..._..-.--- 

power of Mayor sah 2 Ui ee eee Ge are ag nea 
how! resolution, eté.; passedjaver. 720-22) ae ese oe er usec ae 
must‘ be. in writing ols ees soe eee bee ce eee 

Vico: power devprevention oft seseuuec seo era ee 


Violation of Civil Service rules, penalty for _........--------.- 


of Ordinances de buildings, to be reported to Mayor -- 
of Ordinances, penalty for... SJ eee eee nee oa 
of park rules, City Attorney to prosecute __.. --.---- 

Vital Statistics. (See Registrar of Vital Statistics.) 

Vote, by ayes and nays, how ordered... 22s 2-22 Jevechecsw sas 
on elections in Court of Common Council.-.-.-.--___.---- 
Mayor may vote in Police Board, when. -.---.---.------ 
plurality: 23 Gore a ee Ee Reet ere aes Clee 
reqttired tovalter sstimates 022. ede eee a 

Votes, must be referred to committee_.._..-........--------.- 

Voters, Sélectmoen: to make eee. 2S ee a eo i pene rs aie 

who eligible to vote for City officers _ --.._...--------- 

Voting Districts, how established 209) 7.072 sede See £ 

list of, to be furnished Mayor and Selectmen -_- 
Police Commissioners to select__..-.--....---- 
regulations by Chief of Police::.o2c2loeg 2222 
use of saloons,; pronibited 2... ioe oe eee eee 


INDEX. 


Ww 


Walks, cleaning of, by Superintendent of Streets, when ._____-- 
etc., layout, to be referred to Department of Public Works 
power of Court of Common Council de.._.---.-._-----.- 

BCCE CHUCOIS, OLOGLGU. WhO mes cuore o ain pc, Shih, via creed’ oak Luda 

fOTING GX CNOGU tek ewer geet Woe ie Oe a 

13th, 14th and 15th Wards, right to vote, when_-_- 

meee OLN Leer ee roo we alate ia ak oe a oS al oo wy 
how. divinedunto vyouns districts .-. 55 sc co ee seek 
outlying, how brought under full City jurisdiction --_.-- 

Warning of City meetings and elections, power de____.___----- 

BOW .sIVetiod atale wee 2 

Warrant for arrest of aldermen and councilmen_._._._.____--.-- 

collection of taxes, how issued..........-----....- 

Warrants, not to be issued unless funds exist..-_.--..--.------ 

to show on what accounts they are drawn ....-___._- 


PROS a UT OOBEOAL Yorn te Be oe meek dine te eS ; 


MinterniALine (MW Ce: LAVIN Oli se od li acids ue aun 
Watering streets, powers of Court of Common Council de_------ 
Weights, scales and measures, to be tested annually..-----...-- 
and measures, power de regulation of.--.-..._....--- 

sealer of, powers and duties of ---.-.__- 

West River bridge, power of Court of Common Council de--_---- 
Westville, police and fire protection in./.._...-.....-.-.-...-. 
ROILORPULIMETEOUMe Some ee. Akh ae Cea ot aU FAAS 


Wharves, power of Court of Common Council de -----...-.---- 
RV aceeE ee LO, DE INSDECLOd, te conn > o cies - secleeew weber ats 
Matees toes anos £0 06 paid, when... 222.255.4215 end sonc- ne 
Witnesses, attendance of, how compelled.._.-.....-.--..------ 

SILO Dreier t OR DIRS LOC see Sac aa) sie ania saan are a ait 

when not to be excused from testifying....--..------ 
Women eligible for Board of Education ._...........-.----..-- 
Workhouse, powers de, conferred on City:-.:......-..-..---- 


py) 


Near Dounapywiom siall be'compiled 2. vo. .+.-s--ee----- 
Young Men’s Institute, contracts with.....--.-.-...----------- 


197 
137 
136 

37 
137 

37 
183 
217 


116, 117 


223 


35, 


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‘ nghanaty ea oe (iat 


var Wh, Won Sarwie Mane 


MON Ld eae Gees FTO IND TT A 


seed Sell SBCA Noll TNO Bale Ye 


RELATING TO 


New Haven and New Haven Harbor. 


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Peeseme raU NUrizIN oy ISSUG/Ol TOG lo eo na one eae ae ctia ew ene oa 79 
Bonds, on i ee eee eS Soo A ee 83 
Bonds, . ‘ SeCtyD AVERICN Out eat a sane ee. Lakme 79 
Bonds, is + Ss re opted lal the Meee eae | od ey ee 8I 
Bonds, a New Haven City School District to issue.----.--.--- 82 
Perm er Vy CStLRIVGT tT Cl ae ae ae ama. Sec ore oe ao in ae ho ee ee iy wee 83 
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PerGeinensn. Ch avoisning the Doar Ofs 5.9.00. sdendre se eo ee see Eee ae 93 
Drainape, Act dé_.2...-: (idee, Sap ft aR iy gh A LE at bee Do M8 Sane 84 
Liarbor Commissioners, Act to establish’ Board of)...2.5. 22.) 2.--.2~- 2-8. 71 


Harbor Commissioners, Act providing for one member to reside in West Haven 74 


Pie emL ee CES ADSM NO woes sick Sats e eee wd oeeies oo ae casa nine ee 76 
Peete et eet LAC ero StruCHONS IN LG atom c oc ua ac nacs ocueee neue cote 76 
Pigspor Naw slavelnacweneralDlovisions dé2— loa. ob une cade ncoe be vake ence 74. 
Prospital yA ct. to establish Contagious i) 1SCASG, ou ccc cee wee a eine cco sv eee 78 
Hospital, - Be ISGLAt IO Tie ae ae a ec ue ol Guocaia wee 96 
Pimepretee ACL ae a pOminent GltyiCGuiies oc un sac a04oseoee cee do a~ note 81 
Peewee a ULDOTIZiNG ClusaLO SCLICeltallueo en 4. oot. eee eae awe ee 98 
Pemieee OtiinissiON ACE te CSLADlISN nn sa fay oe Ja cc nomen bin ieee 88 
Pavia commission, Amending Act to establish 2... =. -2- -2-. eee 89 
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Ser aie wee ave mento MeUUiIN 0s ACL Gf meee L Sane eens ono be eee 87 
PoriCe ata See eer at LetiancG Onan ee. ay a, opus wh he ak eee 87 
Berti WV Aly eee CU tO) OStA DIES ore ces Le Mt I eo eda mae ew a7 
Remerauon Or VOlets. Acdece immates of (Almshouse.2. 202-2120 5 loll. 99 
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